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Water-Supply and Irrigation Paper No. 81 



Series M, General Hydrographic Investigations, 5 



DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 

CHARLES ]). WALCOTT, J )i rector 



CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY 



JOSEI^H BARLOW LIF^I^INCOTT 




WASHINGTON 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

1 9 3 



J^BLICATIONS OF UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 

The publications of the United States Geological Siirrey consist of (1) Annual Reports; (2) 
Monographs; (3) Professional Papers; (i) Bulletins; (5) Mineral Resources; (6) Water-Supply 
and Irrigation Papers; (7) Topographic Atlas of United States, folios and separate sheets 
thereof; (8) Geologic Atlas of United States, folios thereof. The classes numbered 2, 7, and 8 
are sold at cost of publication; the others are distributed free. A circular giving complete lists 
may be had on application. 

The Bulletins, Professional Papers, and Water-Supply Papers treat of a variety of subjects, 
and the total number issued is large. They have therefore been classified into the following 
series: A, Economic geology; B, Descriptive geology; C, Systematic geology and paleontology; 
D, Petrogi*aphy and mineralogy; E, Chemistry and physics; P, Geography; G, Miscellaneous; 
H, Forestry; I, Irrigation; J, Water storage; K, Pumiiing water; L, Quality of water; M, Gen- 
eral hydrographic investigations; N, Water power; O, Underground waters; P, Hydrographic 
progress reports. Complete lists of papers relating to water supply and allied subjects follow. 
(B=Bulletin, PP= Professional Paper, WS=Water-Supply Paper.) 

Serums I— Irrigation. 

WS 2. Irrigation near Phoenix, Ariz., by A. P. Davis. 1897. 98 pp., 31 pis. and maps. 

WS 5. Irrigation practice on the Great Plains, by E. B. Cowgill. 1897. 39 pp., 11 pis. 

WS 9. Irrigation near Greeley, Colo., by David Boyd. 1897. 90 pp., 21 pis. 

WS 10. Irrigation in Mesilla Valley, New Mexico, by F. C. Ba,rker. 1898. 51 pp., 11 pis. 

WS 13. Irrigation systems in Texas, by W. F. Hutson. 1898. 68 pp., 10 pis. 

WS 17. Irrigation near Bakersfleld, Cal., by C. E. Grunsky. 1898. 96 pp., 16 pis. 

WS 18. Irrigation near Fresno, Cal., by C. E. Grunsky. 1898. 94 pp., 14 pis. 

WS 19. Irrigation near Merced, Cal., by C. E. Grunsky. 1899. 59 pp., 11 pis. 

WS23. Water-right problems of Bighorn Mountains, by Elwood Mead. 1899. 62 pp., 7 pis. 

WS 32. Water resovirces of Porto Rico, by H. M. Wilson. 1899. 48 pp., 17 pis. and maps. 

WS 43. Conveyance of water in irrigation canals, flumes, and pipes, by Samuel Fortier. 1901. 

86 pp., 15 pis. 
WS 70. Geology and water resources of the Pati-ick and Goshen Hole quadrangles, Wyoming, 

byG. I. Adams. 1902. 50 pp., 11 pis. 
WS 71. Irrigation systems of Texas, by T. U. Taylor. 1902. 137 pp., 9 pis. 
WS 74. Water resources of the State of Colorado, by A. L. Fellows. 1900. 151 pp., 14 pis. 

The following i)apers also relate especially to irrigation: Irrigation in India, by H. M. Wilson, 
in Twelfth Annual, Part II; two papers on irrigation engineering, by H. M. Wilson, in Thir- 
teenth Annual, Part III. 

Series J— Water Storage. 

WS 33. Storage of water on Gila River, Arizona, by J. B. Lippincott. 1900. 98 pp., 33 pis. 

WS 40. The Austin dam, by Thomas U. Taylor. 1900. 51 pp., 16 pis. 

WS 45. Water storage on Cache Creek, California, by A. E. Chandler. 1901, 48 pp., 10 pis. 

WS 46. Physical characteristics of Kern River, California, by F. H. Olmsted, and Reconnaissance 

of Yuba River, California, by Marsden Manson. 1901. 57 pp., 8 pis. 
WS 58. Storage of water on Kings River, California, by J. B. Lippincott. 1902. 100 pp., 32 pis. 
WS 68. Water storage in Truckee Basin, California-Nevada, by L. H. Taylor. 1902. 90 pp., 8 pis. 
WS 73. Water storage on Salt River, Arizona, by A. P. Davis. 1902. 54 pp., 25 pis. 

The following paper also should be noted under this heading: Reservoirs for iiTigation, by 
J. D. Schuyler, in Eighteenth Annual, Part IV. 

Series K— Pumping Water. 

WS 1. Pumping water for irrigation, by Herbert M. Wilson. 1896. 57 pp., 9 pis. 

WS 8. Windmills for irrigation, by E. C. Murphy. 1897. 49 pp., 8 pis. 

WS 14. New tests of certain pumps and water lifts used in irrigation, by Ozni P. Hood. 1898. 

91 pp., 1 pi. 
WS 20. Experiments with windmills, by T. O. Perry. 1899. 97 pp., 12 pis. 
WS 29. Wells and windmills in Nebraska, by E. H, Barbour. 1899. 85 pp., 27 pis. 
WS 41. The windmill; its eflSciency and economic use. Part I, by E. C. Murphy. lv«)l. *:i pp., 

14 pis. 
WS 42. The windmill. Part II (continuation of No. 41). 1901. 73-147 pp., 15-16 pis. 
(Continued on third page of cover.) 
IRR 81—2 



Water-Supply and Irrigation Paper No. 81 Series M, General Hydrographic Investigations, 5 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 

CHARLES D. WALCOTT, Director 



CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY 



J^OSEL^LI BARLOV^ LIP»P»I]SrCOTT 




WASHINGTON 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

1903 



V. 



CONTENTS. 

Page. 

Letter of transmittal 9 

Introduction 11 

Relation of rainfall to run-off in California 14 

Diagrams and tables 14 

Statistics by basins 17 

Sacramento River Basin 17 

San Mateo Creek . 18 

Salt Springs Valley watershed 18 

Stanislaus River Basin 19 

Tuolumne River Basin . 19 

San Joaquin and King river basins 19 

Mohave river 20 

Cuyamaca reservoir watershed - . 20 

Sweetwater reservoir Basin _ . .. 20 

Evaporation . . _ 20 

LakeTahoe 20 

Reno, Nev : 21 

Sweetwater reservoir . 22 

Kern and Tulare counties 22 

Clear Lake, Lakeport, Cal 31 

Discharge tables 32 

Aguilar Creek . _ . . 32 

Alameda Creek . . 32 

Alder Creek 40 

Aliso Creek 40 

American River 40 

Armas Creek 42 

Armitas Creek . 42 

Arroyo Burro 43 

Arroyo Carnero 43 

Arroyo Grande . 43 

Arroyo Leon 43 

Arroyo Seco . 44 

Bear Creek 46 

Beams ditch . 46 

Bear River 46 

Big Rock Creek 50 

Williams River : . . . 50 

Bloomington flume, San Bernardino County 50 

Briscoe Creek, Glenn County 50 

Burney Creek 50 

Butano Creek 50 

Cache Creek . 51 

Cajon Creek 1 53 

Calaveras River 53 

Caliente Creek 56 

Calloway canal 59 

Camp Carlton ditch, San Bernardino County 59 

Canyada del Corral ... 60 

3 



4 CONTENTS. 

Discharge tables — Continued. Page. 

Canyada Lares 60 

Canyada Refugio 60 

Canyada Verde 60 

Capitan Creek 60 

Carpenteria Creek 61 

Carson River . 61 

East Fork Carson River 61 

West Fork Carson River 63 

Cascade Creek, Tuolumne County 64 

Cherry Creek, Tuolumne County 64 

Chino Creek, Riverside County 64 

Chowchilla Creek . 65 

CityCreek 68 

Cold Spring Canyon_ 68 

Coldwater Creek 69 

Colorado River ^ 69 

Colton and Colton Terrace, San Bernardino County 71 

Convict Creek 71 

Cosumnes River 72 

Cow Creek, Tuolumne County 75 

Cucamonga Creek 75 

Daley ditch, San Bernardino County 78 

Deer Creek 78 

Dinsmore Creek 81 

Dobbins Creek . 81 

Dos Pueblos Creek 81 

Dry or Jackson Creek 82 

East Riverside Water Company, San Bernardino County 85 

Eaton Canyon 85 

Eleanor Creek 85 

Falls Creek 85 

Fall River 85 

Feather River 85 

Ficay Creek 87 

Fort Tej on Creek 87 

Fresno Creek 88 

Gage canal 90 

Gato Creek 91 

Gazoo Creek 94 

Gorman Creek 94 

Green Spot pipe line 94 

Grindstone Creek 94 

Gubernador Creek 94 

Hat Creek 94 

Haws and Talmage ditch . 94 

Honey Lake 94 

House Creek 94 

Kaweah River . 95 

Kern River 99 

King River 109 

Little Rock Creek 119 

Lobetus Creek 119 

Logsdon and Farrel ditch, San Bernardino County 120 

Loina Abajo 120 



CONTENTS. 

Discharge tables^Continued. Page. 

Lopez Creek 123 

Los Angeles River 123 

Los Flores Canyon 137 

Lytle Creek 139 

Mammoth Creek 148 

Maria Ignacia Creek 148 

Mariposa Creek 149 

Mayberry Canyon 152 

McCloud River 152 

]\j:clntyre ditch . 152 

McKenzie ditch . . 152 

Meeks and Daley ditch 152 

Merced River 152 

Mill Creek ( King River) . 158 

Mill Creek (Santa Ana River) 158 

Mill Creek, Green Spot pipe line 163 

Mill Creek (Stanislaus River) 163 

Mill flume and pump, Riverside Water Company 163 

Mission Creek - 163 

Mohave River 164 

Mokelumne River 168 

Mono Lake drainage 173 

Niagara Creek 173 

Owens River 173 

Pacoima Canyon. . . 174 

Padaro Creek 174 

Pallett Creek 174 

Pasadena Mesa 174 

Pastoria Creek 180 

Pescadero Creek 181 

Pilarcitos Creek 181 

Piru Creek 181 

Pit River 182 

Plunge Creek 182 

Pomponio Creek I 182 

Poso Creek . 183 

Purissima Creek 185 

Putah Creek 186 

Rabel dam ditch, San Bernardino County 186 

Ranchero ditch, San Bernardino County 186 

Red Hills developments 186 

Redlands canal 186 

Rincon Creek 186 

Rubicon River ._ 186 

Riverside Water Company, Upper Canal 186 

Sacramento River 186 

Salinas River . 199 

Tributaries of Salinas River _ _ 202 

Arroyo Seco 202 

Nacimiento Creek "_ 205 

Burnett Creek . 206 

San Antonio Creek 206 

San Lorenzo Creek 207 

Salt Spring Valley 208 



6 COTSTTENTS. 

Discharge tables — Continued. Page. 

San Antonio Creek 209 

San Bernardino Valley . 315 

San Diemas Wash . 225 

San Fernando Creek _ _._ . 225 

San Francisquito Creek 225 

San Gabriel River 225 

San Gregorio Creek 259 

San Joaquin River 259 

San Jose Creek . ' 268 

San Luis Rey River , 274 

San Mateo Creek . 275 

San Roqui Creek 276 

Santa Ana River 279 

Santa Barbara County 321 

Santa Clara River _ _ 322 

Santa Monica Creek . 323 

Santa Paula River 324 . 

Santa Ynez River 324 

Sawpit Creek 328 

Sespe Creek 328 

Shasta River 328 

Snow Creek 328 

Spring Valley Water Company 328 

Stanislaus River _ . . 329 

Stony Creek 340 

Susan River 343 

Sutter River . 344 

Sweetwater River 344 

Tecolote Creek .._. 357 

Tejon Creek . 357 

Tejon House Creek . . 357 

- Temescal Creek 358 

Toro Canyon 360 

Trabuco Creek : _ _ _ . 360 

Truckee River : 360 

Tule River .. 374 

Tumitus Creek 380 

Tunis Creek 381 

Tuolumne River 381 

Twin Creeks 400 

Walker River . 401 

Ward & Warren ditch 402 

Warm Creek 402 

White Creek 403 

Whitewater River . 406 

Whiting ditch . 407 

WillowCreek . 407 

Yuba River _... 407 

Maximum flood measurements 410 

Weir tables.- T . 412 

Rainfall tables 420 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Page. 

Plate I. Map of California 12 

Fig. 1 . Diagram showing increase of rainfall with rise in elevation over 

the Sierras in central California 16 

2. Annual and mean run-off from California watersheds, based on 

several years' observations 17 

3. 'Map showing location of wells near Pasadena 175 

4. Figure showing construction of weir. , 411 



LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 



Department of the Interior, 
United States Geological Survey, 

Division of Hydrography, 
Washington, D. C, January 15, 1903. 
Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith a paper entitled "Cali- 
fornia Hydrography," by Mr. J. B. Lippincott, containing a summary 
of as much of the data concerning the water supply of California as 
is available from printed records and from observations of other engi- 
neers and investigations made by this Survey. The published records 
on the subject, hitherto much scattered, some of them out of print 
and difficult to secure, are here brought together, and the paper 
should therefore form a convenient and valuable book of reference 
for the use of engineers, irrigators, and all who are interested in the 
development of the valuable water resources of California. 

For convenience in the use of the book the prominent drainage 
basins have been placed in alphabetic order, and the minor tribu- 
taries of the larger streams have been arranged alphabetically under 
the name of the trunk stream into which they discharge. The min^r 
tributaries and irrigation ditches have in addition been cross-entered 
in alphabetic place, so that they may be found independently under 
their local names. The discharge measurements include both low- 
water and flood records and are accompanied by useful precipitation 
data. 

Very respectfully, F. H. Newell, 

Hydrographer in Charge. 
Hon. Charles D. Walcott, 

Director United States Geological Survey. 



CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. 



By Joseph Barlow Lippincott. 



I:N^TR0 DUCTIOIS^. 

The purpose of this pubUcation is to assemble under one cover as 
much of the data concerning the water supply of California as is 
available from printed records, observations of other engineers, and 
investigations made by this Survey. The greater portion of the data 
are obtained from the latter source. The records of stream flow that 
have been published bj^ the United States Geological Survey appear, 
first, in numerous Water-Supply Papers, which are published annually, 
soon after the end of the j^ear's work, and contain a brief summary 
of the past year's operations, and, second, in large annual reports, 
showing the average monthly discharge and other records of streams 
in all portions of the United States. Thus, while the published record 
is complete, it is distributed through many volumes, and numerous 
investigators do not have a complete set of these publications. 

The methods of stream measurement j^racticed by the Geological 
Survey are fully described in Water-Supply and Irrigation Paper No. 
56. In brief, they usually consist of measuring the cross section of 
the stream with a tape and a sounding rod, and determining the 
velocity at numerous points in this cross section by means of a cur- 
rent meter, usually of the Price type. On large streams the meter 
measurements are usually made from cables. On small streams they 
are often made from foot bridges. The velocity observed is applied 
to each subdivision of the cross section where it is made, and the 
aggregate discharge of these cross sections is taken as the total dis- 
charge of the stream. On small streams weir measurements are often 
made. 

When a record of daily flow is to be kept on smy river a gage rod 
is established on the stream near the point of measurement, and the 
height of the water on this rod is observed and recorded at the time 
each measurement is made. By properly selecting periods of high, 
low, and average water for the times of measurement it is possible to 

11 



12 CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no. 81. 

formulate a rating or discharge curve for the river in terms of volume 
discharged and water height on the rod. A local observer is employed 
to read the rod daily, and from these observed rod readings a state- 
ment of daily, monthly, and annual discharge is deduced. 

Some of the data given were contributed by irrigation and power 
companies from daily records kept at their head works. In cases of 
this kind due credit is given. 

The reports compiled and published by the California State engi- 
neering department between the years 1878 and 1884" are now out of 
print and hard to obtain. The information contained in them is there- 
fore included in this paper. The method of stream measurement most 
commonly practiced by the State engineering department consisted 
of stretching two wires across the stream at a fixed distance apart and 
noting the time of passage of floats through the section observed from 
the upper to the lower wire. Cross-sectional areas were measured and 
the velocities indicated by the floats were applied thereto, thus deter- 
mining the discharge. Daily records of river heights on gage rods 
were kept on a number of the streams in a manner similar to that prac- 
ticed by the United States Geological Survey. A rating table for the 
station was obtained from the discharge measurements, and, by apply- 
ing it to the daily rod readings, monthly and annual discharge tables 
were determined. In several instances, however, where records have 
been kept on neighboring streams the State engineering department 
has prepared theoretical discharge estimates of other streams in the 
same locality by using the rate of run-off per square mile obtained 
from a measured stream and applying it in determining the probable 
run-off from the basin of a neighboring stream. In cases of this kind 
the discharge figures are marked with a star. In each instance the 
effort has been made to give the date of the measurement, the name 
of the observer, the volume discharged, and a description of the 
locality and stream. 

The measurements have been grouped in the principal drainage 
basins, but it would obviously be impossible to adhere rigidly to this 
arrangement. For instance, all the streams of the San Joaquin Val- 
ley are, technically speaking, tributary to San Joaquin River, but it 
would be manifestly improper to include all the main rivers from the 
Sierras in this section under the head of San Joaquin River. The 
rule therefore has been adopted of giving each prominent drainage 
basin its place in alphabetic sequence ; the minor tributaries of these 
large streams are then arranged alphabetically under the name of the 
trunk stream into which they discharge. For instance, Tuolumne 
River is considered an independent stream, but Eleanor Creek, Falls 
Creek, etc., are considered minor tributaries and are arranged under 
the heading "Tuolumne River." The effort has been made, however, 

a No measurements were made by the California State engineering department subsequent to 
1884, as the office was then discontinued. 



T •NrrrT?rkTvTTr<'T'Trk"i\r 



18 



LippiNcoTT.] INTEODUCTION. 13 

to cross-enter all these minor tributaries, so that they may be found 
independently under their local names, reference being made to the 
trunk stream into which they discharge. 

Undoubtedlj^ many measurements that are not available for this 
publication have been made for corporations and individuals by 
engineers of California. These data, if they could be obtained, would 
doubtless be of great value, and the suggestion is here made that it 
would be a public benefit to send this information to the United 
States Geological Survey, where it would be available for publication 
in subsequent bulletins of this nature. 

The records of the Signal Service and Weather Bureau are also 
contained in annual reports extending over a long term of years, and 
the engineer who possesses a complete file of these publications is 
indeed fortunate. 

The rain water which forms the source of the water supply for agri- 
culture in California falls in large part upon the mountain ranges of 
the State. It is a well-known fact that within the State there are vast 
differences in rainfall with increase or decrease of elevation, particu- 
larly on the western slopes of the mountain ranges. Rainfall statis- 
tics have been compiled in great mass for the valley districts, where 
farming is actually carried on, but the engineer who is investigating 
plans for storage and power is much more interested in the rainfall of 
the mountains. An attempt has been made to include in tliis paper 
all available data relative to precipitation at the higher elevations. 
The Weather Bureau publishes its records of precipitation in calen- 
dar years, beginning with the 1st of January, which is the middle of 
the rainy season on the California coast. A record beginning on the 
1st of January may show for that and following months conditions of 
excessive drought, while for the following November and December of 
the same calendar year it may give records of excessive rainfall, the 
result indicated for the calendar year being a mean rainfall, whereas 
there may have been a dry season followed by one of excessive precip- 
itation. For this reason the rainfall records for the mountain dis- 
tricts have been classified in seasonal years, and it is believed that 
their presentation in this form will avoid for the engineer man 3^ labo- 
rious retabulations of results. Particular effort has been made to 
collect and present new data. 

Each table of precipitation is accompanied with a statement show- 
ing the approximate position of the station and its elevation, as well 
as the authority for the record. These records are in part taken from 
the annual reports of the Weather Bureau and rearranged in seasonal 
instead of calendar years, as stated above. All the regular stations 
of the United States Weather Bureau are situated at relatively 
low elevations with the exception of Mount Tamalpais, but some vol- 
untary observers report to the Weather Bureau from mountain sta- 



14 CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no. 81. 

tions. These observers use a variety of measuring devices. Sortie 
use glass graduates, with various-sized catchment cups, and some 
employ more primitive implements. The records of mountain pre- 
cipitation, however, are so scarce that they are all given here, because 
it is believed that any information tending to throw light on this 
subject is of value. 

All the records that are credited to the Southern Pacific Railroad 
were obtained from Mr. William Hood, chief engineer of the system. 
The rain gages used by the railroad company are small gages with 
3-inch catchment cups, usually set on posts about 6 feet in height, 
and the observations are made by the local railroad agents. Their 
reports are sent in promptly to San Francisco and are there tabulated 
by a corps of clerks whose time is devoted entirely to this subject. 

In many places in the high mountain districts, particularly at the 
greatest elevations, the gages have been lately furnished by the 
hydrographic branch of the United States Geological Survey. The 
gages used in these places are of the standard type, with an 8-inch 
measuring cup. Snow observations are made by melting the snow 
and reporting the resultant water. 

REIiATIOlSr OF RAINFAIjIj TO RTJlSr-OFF I:N^ CAIilFORKIA. 

DIAGRAMS AND TABLES. 

The accompanying diagrams and tables are presented as the result 
of a study of the available rainfall and run-off data for California 
watersheds. 

As the run-off diagram was to be used in estimating the water sup- 
ply available for various storage reservoirs for irrigation, it was 
thought best to represent the run-off in acre-feet per square mile. 
The majority of the discharge reports give the depth of run-off in 
inches. The accompanying table has been made for converting deptli 
of run-off in inches to run-off in acre-feet per square mile, the follow- 
ing formula being used : 

Depth of run-off in inches X (0.0833 x 640) =run-off in acre-feet per 
square mile. 



LippiNooTT.] EELATION OF RAINFALL TO RUN-OFF. 15 

Table for converting depth of run-off in inches into acre-feet per square mile. 



Depth of 
run-off. 


Acre-feet 

per square 

mile. 


Depth of 
run-off. 


Acre-feet 

per square 

mile. 


Depth of 
run-off. 


Acre-feet 

per square 

mile. 


Depth of 
run-off. 


Acre-feet 

per square 

mile. 


Inches. 




Inches. 




Inches. 




Inches. 




0.01 


0.533 


0.26 


13.867 


0.51 


27. 200 


0.76 


40. 533 


.02 


1.067 


.27 


14. 400 


.52 


27. 733 ^ 


. 77 


41.067 


.08 


1.600 


.28 


14. 933 


.53 


28. 267 


.78 


41.600 


.04 


3.133 


.29 


15.467 


.54 


28. 800 


.79 


42. 138 


.05 


2.667 


.30 


16.000 


.55 


29. 333 


.80 


42. 667 


.06 


3.200 


.31 


16. 533 


.56 


29.867 


.81 


43.200 


.07 


3.733 


.32 


17.067 


.57 


30.400 


.82 


48.738 


.08 


4.267 


.33 


17. 600 


.58 


30. 983 


.83 


44. 267 


.09 


4.800 


.34 


18.133 


.59 


31.467 


.84 


44. 800 


.10 


5.333 


.35 


18.667 


.60 


82. 000 


.85 


45.333 


.11 


5.867 


.36 


19.200 


.61 


32.533 


.86 


45.867 


.12 


6.400 


.37 


19.733 


.62 


33. 067 


.87 


46. 400 


.13 


6.933 


.38 


20. 267 


.63 


33. 600 


.88 


46. 988 


.14 


7.467 


.39 


20. 800 


.64 


34.138 


.89 


47.467 


.15 


8.000 


.40 


21.333 


.65 


34.667 


.90 


48.000 


.16 


8.533 


.41 


21.867 


.66 


35.200 


.91 


48.538 


.17 


9.067 


.42 


22. 400 


.67 


85.733 


.92 


49.067 


.18 


9.600 


.43 


22. 933 


.68 


36. 267 


.93 


49. 600 


. .19 


10. 133 


.44 


23. 467 


.69 


36. 800 


.94 


50. 183 


.20 


10. 667 


.45 


24. 000 


.70 


37. 383 


. .95 


50. 667 


.21 


11.200 


.46 


24.533 


.71 


37.867 


.96 


51.200 


.22 


11.733 


.47 


25.067 


.72 


38.400 


.97 


51. 733 


.23 


12. 267 


.48 


25. 600 


.73 


38. 933 


.98 


52.267 


.24 


12. 800 


.49 


26. 133 


.74 


89.467 


.99 


52.800 


.25 


13. 333 


.50 


26. 667 


.75 


40.000 


1.00 


58. 333 



At the outset many difficulties presented themselves. The most 
serious one was that of obtaining measurements of rainfall at the 
higher elevations. The streams having the largest run-off, and on 
which discharge records had been kept, have their sources on the 
western slopes of the high Sierra Nevada, where there are few or no 
inhabitants above 7,000 feet, and consequently no observers of rain- 
fall ; but the valuable rainfall records of the Pacific Railway s^^stem 
along the line of railway from Sacramento to the summit of the Sierra 
Nevada at Railroad Pass offered a solution of this difficulty. In fig. 
1 the mean rainfall and the elevation of the station are plotted as 
ordinates, and the distance inland of the station as abscissas. 

The rate of increase of precipitation from Sacramento to Cisco, at 
the elevation of 6,000 feet, the point of maximum rainfall, seems to 



16 



CALIFORNIA HYDROGEAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



be 0.6 inch per 100 feet of rise. The precipitation above the 6,000- 
foot point decreases with the elevation approximately at the rate of 
0.4 inch per 100 feet of rise. 

Fortunately, in Tuolumne River Basin, about midway between Amer- 
ican and King river basins, there is another series of rainfall sta- 
tions, including Lagrange, elevation 293 feet above sea level; Sonora, 
elevation 1,824 feet; Second Garrote, elevation 2,900* feet, and 
Crockers, elevation 4,453 feet. The mean rainfall of these stations, 
plotted as in the above diagram, indicates the rate of increase from 
Lagrange to Crockers to be 0.84 inch per 100 feet of rise. This rate 
of increase has been taken to hold good up to an elevation of 6,000 
feet, and above this the rate of decrease of rise to be 0.4 inch per 100 
feet to an elevation of 9,000 feet. Probably the rate of increase and 




50 25 25 50 75 100 J25 150 175 200 225 250 

Miles. 

Fig. 1.— Diagram showing increase of rainfall witli rise in elevation over the Sierras in central 

California. 



decrease would be more correctly represented by a curved line, but 
the data are not sufficient to warrant such representation. 

At these rates of increase and decrease, the mean precipitation for 
the years 1896-1899, at an elevation of 9,000 feet in the Tuolumne 
River Basin, w^ould be 49.8 inches; if snow converts into water at the 
ratio of 8 to 1, the snowfall would be 33.2 feet at this elevation. 

It was found impossible to use the run-off data of Kern River 
Basin — though that stream is without doubt more closely watched 
than any other stream in the State and the record is the oldest for 
any large stream in the State — because of the exposure of the water- 
shed and because of the scarcity of rainfall data. This watershed is 
bounded on the west for almost its entire length by a high mountain 
range. Concerning the precipitation on the eastern slope of this 
range, little is known beyond the fact that it is very much less than 
on the western slope. 



lilPPINCOTT.] 



STATISTICS Br BASmS. 



17 



In 1896 the total run-off from King River Basin, comprising 1,775 
square miles, was 1,871,005 acre-feet. For the same year the run-off 
from Kern River Basin was 619,630 acre-feet. The ratio of the area 
of King River Basin to Kern is 1 to 1.32, and the ratio of run-off, 1 to 
0.33, though the higher drainage areas of the streams are contiguous. 
It was also thought best not to use the run-off and rainfall data for 
Piru Creek Basin, furnished by the Antelope Valley Water Com]3any, 
because the ratio of discharge in acre-feet per square mile was greater 
than any other record. There is little doubt about the accuracy of 
both the run-off and precipitation records, the explanation being that 
the rainfall observation stations were necessarily situated at so low 
an elevation that the record did not represent the mean rainfall for 
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Pig. 2.— Annual and mean run-off from California watersheds, based on several years' obser- 
vations. « 

The run-off and rainfall data of the streams which were used to 
make the discharge diagram, fig. 2, will be mentioned in the order 
from north to south in which their watersheds occur. 

STATISTICS BY BASINS. 



Sacramento River Basin. — The rainfall stations used in determining 
the mean annual precipitation for Sacramento River Basin were the 
following; Red Bluff, Rosewood, Redding, Delta, Dunsmuir, Shasta, 
Sisson, and Fort Bidwell. 

There were absolutely no records for the great interior mountain- 

« For derivation of *•' Newell curves," see Nineteenth Ann. Rept. U. S. Geol. Survey, pt. 2, 1894, 
p. 151. 

IRR 81—03 2 



18 CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHy. [no. 81. 

ous and lava country in Siskiyou, Modoc, and Lassen counties, com- 
prising more than 5,334 square miles of the watershed. 

Fort Bidwell is situated outside of the watershed, on the eastern 
slope of the mountains that form the boundary, and would probably 
have a less rainfall than Modoc County. The record was kept there 
for a period of twenty- two years, and the mean rainfall is 20. 8 inches. 

The average rainfall at Red Bluff for a period of twenty-three years 
was 23.9 inches; at Rosewood, for a period of six years, 25.63; at Red- 
ding, for twenty-four years, 35.69 inches. The precipitation at these 
three latter stations was taken to get the average for Sacramento Val- 
ley for the years 1896-1899, during which years run-off measurements 
were made at Jellys Ferrj^ The mean rainfall of Pit River drainage 
area (5,334 square miles), which has an average elevation of 5,000 
feet, was taken to be the same as that of the Sacramento Basin above 
Red Bluff. 

The average rainfall at Delta for a period of fourteen years was 
62.39 inches; atDunsmuir, for ten years, 57.16 inches; at Shasta, for 
six years, 53.26 inches; at Sisson, for ten years, 32.75 inches. The 
rainfall at these four stations was taken to obtain the mean rainfall 
for the mountainous area of the watershed for the years 1896-1899. 

San Mateo Creek. — The Spring Valley Water Company's record of 
rainfall and run-off from the watershed of San Mateo Creek is without 
doubt the oldest record in the State, having been kept for thirty years. 
In the table given on page 390 of Water-Supply and Irrigation Paper 
No. 38 of the United States Geological Survey, no allowance has been 
made for evaporation from the surface of the reservoir; 20 per cent 
has here been added to the run-off as calculated from those tables to 
cover eva]3oration. The drainage basin of San Mateo Creek ranges in 
elevation from 250 to 1,800 feet, with an average of about 750 feet. 
The hills are undulating. There is a limited growth of timber on the 
northern slopes near the summit, but a large amount of brush covers 
other portions of the basin. On the southern slopes and crest the 
hills are frequently bare of brush, but are covered with grasses. 

Salt Springs Valley watershed. — The basin of Salt Springs Valley 
is largely of red clay, which scantil}^ covers a bed rock of granite and 
slate. The topography is undulating rather than mountainous, about 
20 per cent of the total drainage area being valley land. There is 
little brush or timber in the valley, and only a scattered growth of oak 
and scrubby pine on the hills. To obtain the mean for the basin 10 
per cent has been added to the rainfall for North Hill, 6 miles north- 
west of the dam. To obtain the total run-off for the basin 4,132 acre- 
feet haA^e been added to the amounts given in the table on page 337, 
Part IV, of the Eighteenth Annual Report of tlie United States 
Geological Survey, to compensate for evaporation from the reservoir 
surface. 

The methods of measurement of discharge from the reservoir are 



LIPPINCOTT.] 



STATISTICS BY BASINS. 



19 



very crude, and this may partly account for the very high iDercentage 
of run-off from this basin, which contains 25 square miles. 

Stanislaus River Basin. — N^o rainfall data were obtained for this 
basin, but since it joins the Tuolumne and is in most respects similar 
to that, the rainfall for Tuolumne Basin has been taken to apply to 
both. 

Tuolumne River Basin. — To obtain the mean rainfall for this basin 
the average elevations and the areas of the various jDortions were 
taken from the topographic maps of the United States Geological 
Survey. The areas were obtained by the use of a planimeter. La 
Grange was taken as the base station, and the percentage of increase 
for the various elevations is shown by the diagram, fig. 1. The fol- 
lowing example, for the year 1896, will illustrate more particularly 
the method : 

Table of estimated rainfall, Tuolumne River Basin. 



Average 
elevation. 


Number of 
square 
miles. 


Estimated 

rainfall, 

1896. 


Mile-inches. 


1,200 


75 


26.4 


1,980 


1,500 


88 


29.0 


2,552 


2,500 


182 


37.4 


6,807 


3,500 


46 


45.8 


2,107 


4,000 


105 


50.0 


5,252 


4, 500 


147 


54.2 


7,967 


5,500 


90 


60.9 


5, 481 


6,000 


143 


63.3 


9,052 


6,500 


105 


61.3 


6,437 


7,500 


189 


57.3 


10, 830 


9,000 


330 


51.3 


16,927 


1,500 






75, 692 







75,692 
1,500 



= 50.3 inches mean for basin, 1896. 



San Joaquin and King river basins. — There were practically no 
rainfall data for either San Joaquin or King River Basin. 

The estimated mean rainfall for Tuolumne River Basin for the 
years 1896-1899 is 48.2 inches; the depth of mean run-off for the 
same period is 20.8 inches; the depth of mean run-off for San 
Joaquin River for this period is 18.4 inches. Since the topography, 
exposure, etc., in the two basins are similar, the rainfall will proba- 
bly be proportional to the run-off. 

Example, 20.8 : 18.4 : : 48.2 : 42.7. Similarly, the mean rainfall for 
King River Basin will be 37.8 inches. 



20 CALIFORNIA HYDEOGRAPHY. [no. 81. 

Mohave River. — The meteorologic and hydrograpliic work of the 
Arrowhead Water Company has been carried on for a number of years 
at the head of Mohave River. Twenty-eight rain gagef=, carefully 
located at elevations of from 2,100 to 7,200 feet, have been maintained. 
The measurements of run- off from several tributaries have been made 
over weirs. The areas of the basins are each less than 50 square miles. 
The watershed is covered with a thick growth of timber on the crest. 
The growth of timber diminishes as the desert is approached, the 
northern part of the watershed being covered with brush only. The 
mean elevation of the watershed above sea level is about 5,250 feet. 

Cuyamaca reservoir ivatershed — The area of this watershed is 11 
square miles and the mean elevation above sea-level is probably 5,500 
feet. 

The run-off is carefully measured. There is only one rain gage 
maintained, and that is at the dam. The resident engineer, Mr. F. S. 
Hyde, says that as this rain gage is located between two high wooded 
peaks, which act as condensers of the moisture-laden clouds, the 
recorded precipitation is undoubtedly heavier than the average of the 
watershed. This probably explains why the mean annual run-off is 
so far below the general curve. 

Siveekvater reservoir basin — The evaporation and run-off records 
from this basin date from 1888, and have been very carefully kept. 

There is no doubt that many of the points on the curves (fig. 2) 
would be changed if we had more definite information as to the rain- 
fall, but the curves are the best that could be made from the infor- 
mation at hand. The mean discharge for the period of observation 
on each stream is used, together with the mean rainfall for the same 
years. These means are considered the more satisfactory, as they 
tend to eliminate erratic stream and rainfall records. 

EVAPORATION^. 

LAKE TAHOE. 

On May 17, 1900, a galvanized-iron tank, 2 feet square and 2 feet 
deep, was placed in Lake Tahoe at its outlet, where it would be pro- 
tected from the heavy waves of the lake, for the purpose of measur- 
ing the evaporation from the lake surface. A finely divided scale was 
placed in this tank, and daily i-eadings taken at about the same hour 
of each day by Mr. J. U. Haley, general freight and passenger agent of 
the Lake Tahoe Railway and Transportation Company. The tank was 
at all times kept full to within 1 or 2 inches of the top, and was floated 
by means of a timber frame, which also served as a protection from 
waves and drift, so that the water level inside and outside was about 
the same. The depth of water in which the tank was anchored was 
about 6 feet, and the water in the tank was fully exposed to wind and 



LippiNCOTT.] EVAPORATION. 21 

sun. The following table shows the monthly evaporation from May 
17 to November 30. « 



Evaporation at Lake Tahoe, as measured in 


tank in 


lake at Tahoe City. 


Date. 


Depth in 
inches. 


1900. 
May 17 to 31 


1.83 


June - - -- - - - 


3.80 


July . - - - - 


4.00 


August -- -- - _-- - 


5.15 


September _ -_. . 


3.10 


October ___. _ . _ 


2.15 


November .---.. __ .._.. 


1.38 










Total- 


21 Al 







While it is possible that the evaporation from the lake surface was 
somewhat greater than from the tank, owing to its greater roughness 
and consequent greater surface, relatively, in contact with the air 
during high winds, it is believed that the results here given are as 
near to the truth as it is possible to attain, and that they represent 
very closely the loss of water which may be expected from evapora- 
tion from natural lakes or storage reservoirs situated at about 6,000 
feet altitude in this portion of the Sierras during the period over 
which the record extends. 

RENO, NEV. 

During the year 1894, from May 11 to November 30, a series of 
observations were made at Reno, Nev., with a view to determining 
approximately the depth of evaporation at that point. For this pur- 
pose a small galvanized-iron tank, 18 inches square and 18 inches 
deep, was sunk in the ground until the rim was but half an inch 
above the surface. This was kept filled to within less than 1 inch of 
the top at all times and was so placed that it was fully exposed to 
the sun and wind. The earth immediately around the tank was kept 
wet. The results, while not absolutely reliable as an index to the 
actual evaporation from a lake reservoir or canal surface, are believed 
to be a fairly close approximation to what would occur from such a 
surface at Reno, and since the conditions influencing evaporation — 
temperature, humidity of atmosphere, winds, etc. — over the lower por- 
tion of the Truckee River Basin are nearly identical with those at 
Reno, they should be roughly applicable to other points in that por- 
tion of the basin. 

aTaylor, H. L., Water storage in the Truckee Basin: Water-Sup. and Irr. Paper No. 68, U. S. 
Geol. Survey, 1902. 



22 



CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. 

Evaporation from tank in earth at Reno, Nev. 



[NO. 81. 



Date. 



Depth in 
inches. 



1894, 
May 11 to 31 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November . . 

Total 



2.80 
5.35 
8.45 
9.12 

7.44 
4.31 

2.75 



40.22 



SWEETWATER RESERVOIR. 

The following table shows the amount of evaporation, wind move- 
ment, humidity, and temperature at Sweetwater reservoir for a series 
of years : 

Annual evaporation, temperature, etc., in Sweettoater Basin, San Diego County. 
[Elevation of reservoir, 250 feet.] 



Period. 


Evaporation. 


Wind. 


Humidity. 


Temper- 
ature of air. 


Temper- 
ature of 
water. 


1889-90 


Inches. 
56.47 
57.54 
58.65 
49.60 
48.68 
46.31 
45.18 

«41.24 
61.93 

&32.54 


Miles per hour. 

4.9 
4.6 
4.8 
4.9 
5.1 
5.2 
5.2 
5.3 
5.9 
5.8 


Per cent. 


°F. 


°F. 


1890-91 








1891-92 


72 
68 
70 
79 
71 
76 
73 
72 


61 
61 
60 
59 
61 
61 
60 
59 


68 


1892-93, 


67 


1893-94 


67 


1894-95 




1895-96 




1896-97 




1897-98 




1898-99 









« Evaporation January 1 to August 31. &Evaparation September 1 to April 30. 

KERN AND TULARE COUNTIES. « 

To ascertain the amount of evaporation from exposed surfaces of 
water, experiments have been made in Kern County at various points, 
and in Tulare County at Kingsburg. 

The experiments in Kern County commenced in the latter part of 



"Authority, Physical Data and Statistics of California. 



LippiNCOTT.] EVAPOEATION. 23 

June, 1879, and were continued at several localities through July, 
August, and September, the three hottest months of the j^ear. Sub- 
sequently observations were made until December 20, 1879, at Rio 
Bravo ranch, about 10 miles east of Bakersfield. The experiments at 
Kingsburg, Tulare County, commenced on November 1, 1881, and 
were continued to November 1, 1885. 

In making the Kern County experiments pans of galvanized iron 

2 feet square and 1 foot deep were used, some of the observations 
being made in pans floated in large bodies of water, and others in 
pans set in open ground, as will be explained more fully for each of 
the records. 

The pans used in making the later observations at Kingsburg were 

3 feet square and 15 inches deep. The water surface was maintained 
about 5 inches below the rim of the pan. 

The amount of water required from time to time to maintain its 
surface in the pans at a fixed height was measured in standard cups 
prepared for the purpose and graduated to represent depth of water 
in the pan for which they were used. 

When floated in a lake or river the pans were protected from the 
splash of waves. The contrivance used in King River, at Kings- 
burg, for this purpose was a large wooden frame, into which the pan 
was fitted so as to float horizontally, but not be protected from the 
sun or movement of the air. 

Observers at Kingsburg were instructed, among other things — 

To fill the pan to the normal plane once every day during the 
summer months; less frequently at other seasons of the year. 

To take an observation at the commencement of everj^ fall of rain, 
and to restore the water surface to the normal plane at the end of 
every fall of rain. 

To keep a daily record of the temperature of the air, of the water 
in the pan, and of the water surrounding the pan. 

To keep a rainfall record. 

The earlier observations made in Kern County were conducted less 
systematically, but still with sufiicient care and thoroughness to 
serve a good purpose. 

The results of the observations made in Kern County are embodied 
in Tables No. 1 to 6, which are a rearrangement of data published 
by the State engineering department in the report of 1880. 

In Table No. 1 are given the results of the experiment made in 
Reeder Lake, which is a narrow body of water, 12 to 15 feet deep, sur- 
rounded by large cotton wood trees and willows. The pan was placed 
in a shallow arm of the lake, fully exposed to the sun, but protected 
from the wind. 

Panama Slough (see Table No. 2) was selected for another set of 
observations. The pan was placed in running water 10 feet deep, 
showing a much lower temperature than Reeder Lake. It was fully 
exposed to the sun, but protected from the wind. 



24 



CALIFORNIA HYDEOGEAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



The pan in the center of Kern Lake (Table No. 3) was about 2 miles 
from shore, in 5 feet of water. On September 5, 13, and 29 the wind 
was northwest; on September 19 it was southwest. 

The pan near the shore of Kern Lake (Table No. 4) was placed on 
the northeast side of the lake, in about 2 feet of water. 

In Tables No. 5 and 6 are given the results of observations made 
at the Rio Bravo ranch, 3 miles below the mouth of Kern River 
Canyon. The pan in Kern River was freel}^ exposed to sun and wind, 
but was immersed in water to within 2 inches of its top. The pan 
placed on top of the ground was free to the action of all elements, 
producing extreme evaporation. 

In Tables No. 7 to 11 are presented, in condensed form, the results 
of observations covering a period of four years. The total depth of 
water evaporated during each month, each period of three months, 
and each year is given in a separate table for each of the four years. 
The tables contain also the averages of daily temperature records. 

Table No. 11 is one of averages, in which columns are added, show- 
ing the rate of evaporation per twenty-four hours, and the amount 
evaporated per second per square mile, during the different time 
periods. 

The pan in the air referred to in the Kingsburg tables was, after the 
first three months, set into the ground, earth being banked up around 
its sides to the same elevation as the water in it. Its surface was fully 
exposed to sun and wind. During November and December, 1881, 
and January, 1882, this pan was on the railroad bridge, exposed on 
all sides to sun and air. 

Evaporation at several points in Kern County, June to December, 1879. 
Table No. 1.— Pan in Rbeder Lake. 





Time of day. 


Temperature (degrees P.). 


Evapo- 
ration 
(depth in 

feet). 


Evapora- 
tion per 
21 hours 

(depth in 
feet). 


Evapora- 
tion in 


Date. 


Water in 
pan. 


Water 
surround- 
ing pan. 


Air. 


cubic feet 

persecond 

per square 

mile. 


1879. 
June 23 


9.55 a. m _ 














June 33 to 25 

June 25 to 28 

June 28 to 30 

June 30 to July 5 . 
July 5 to 8 


6.25 a. m.- 
7.50 p. m.. 

5 p. m 

4.50 p. m.- 
5 p. m 


83 
81 
82 
87 
92 




92 
90 
79 

73 
77 


0.040 
.068 
.035 
.096 

« . 072 


0.0168 
.0222 

.0187 

.0192 

(( . 0240 


5.42 
7.12 
6.04 
6.20 

" 7. 74 


June 23 to 








.311 


.0203 


6.56 


July 8. 













"Water fell, leaving the pan at the top 6 inches above water surface. 



LIPPINCOTT.] 



EVAPORATION. 



25 



Evaporation at several points in Kern County, June to Decernber, 1879 — Cont'd. 
Table No. 2.— Pan in Panama Slough. 



Date. 


Time of day. 


Temperal 

Water in 
pan. 


uure (degr 

Water 
surround- 
ing pan. 


eesF.). 
Air. 


Evapo- 
ration 
(depth in 

feet). 


Evapora- 
tion per 
24 hours 

(depth in 

feet). 


Evapora- 
tion in 
cubic feet 
per second 
per square 
mile. 


1879. 
July 9 


12.30 p. in- 














July 9 to 11 

July 11 to 21 


6.20 p. m._ 
9 a. m 


72 




76 


0.030 


0.0134 


4.34 


July 21 to 24 


6.50 p. m __ 






88 
88 
92 

76 

68 


.037 
.054 


.0108 
.0108 


3.48 


July 24 to 29 

July 29 to Au- 


6.15 p. m__ 
7 p. m 

7 a. m 

6.45 a. m_- 


76 
79 

72 
64 


71 

77 

74 
67 


3.48 


gust 5. 
August 5 to 13 








August 13 to20__. 


.084 


.0120 


3.87 


July 9 to 








(' . 490 


«.0116 


« 3. 74 


August 20. 













« Approximate. 
Table No. 3.— Pan in Center ok Kekn Lake. 



1879. 
















August 30 


10.40 a. m _ 
11.30 a. m - 


88 
89 


86 

81 


90 
90 








August 30 to Sep- 
tember 5. 


0. 105 


0. 0175 


5.63 


September 5 to 13. 


12.30 p. m. 


86 


86 


118 


.096 


.0119 


3.90 


September 13 to 19 


12.05 p. m _ 


86 


86 


120 


.150 


.0250 


8.08 


September 19 to 29 


12.10 p. m_ 


78 


78 


88 


.180 


.0180 


4.80 


August 30 








.531 


.0173 


5.70 


to Se p- 
tember 29. 













Table No. 4.— Pan near shore of Kern Lake. 



1879. 
















August 14 


10.40 a. m _ 














August 14 to 30--- 


10.40 a. m - 


88 


86 


90 


0.480 


0. 0300 


9.67 


August 30 to Sep- 
tember 5. 


11.10 a. m_ 


79 


83 


90 


.201 


.0334 


9.81 


September 5 to 13. 


12m 


88 


90 


118 


.195 


.0242 


7.81 


September 13 to 19 


12m 


81 


89 


120 


.156 


.0259 


8.36 


September 19 to 29 


12 m 


76 


80 


88 


.189 


.0190 


6.18 


August 14 to 








1.221 


.0265 


8.55 


September 29. 




1 







26 



CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



Evaporation at several points in Kern County, June to December, 1879 — Cont'd. 
Table No. 5.— Pan in Kern River at the Rio Bravo Ranch. 





Time of day. 


Temperature (degrees F.). 


Evapo- 
ration 
(depth in 
feet). 


Evapora- 
tion per 
24 hours 
(depth in 

feet). 


Evapora- 
tion in 


Date. 


Water in 
pan. 


Water 
surround 
ingpan. 


Air. 


cubic feet 

per second 

per square 

mile. 


1879. 
October 2 
















October 2 to 11.-. 
October 11 to 18.. 


4 p. m_ .. .. 

4p. m 

4 p. m 

4 p. m 

4 p. m 

4 p. m 

4p. m 

4 p. m 

4 p. m 

4 p. m 

4 p. m 


66 

68 
68 
62 

55 
56 
54 
53 
52 

50 
52 


64 
66 
66 
61 

55 
56 
54 
53 
52 

50 
52 


74 
84 
78 
67 

63 
62 

64 
68 
54 

54 
54 


0.104 


0.0116 


3.73 


October 18 to 25 _ _ 

October 25 to No- 
vember 1. 

November 1 to 8.. 

Novem.ber 8 to 15 


.052 
.052 

'. 045 


.0074 
.0074 

.0064 


2.38 
2.38 

2.06 


November 15 to 22 

November 22 to 29 

November 29 to 
December 6. 

December 6 to 13 _ 

December 13 to 20. 


.030 
.030 
.030 

.030 
.030 


.0043 
.0043 
.0043 

.0043 
.0043 


1.38 
1.38 
1.38 

1.38 
1.38 


October 2 to 








«. 408 


«. 0052 


«1.67 


December 20. 













« Approximate . 
Table No. 6.— Pan on open ground at the Rio Bravo Ranch. 



1879. 
October 2 


7 a. m 














October 2 to 3 

October 3 to 11 _-- 
October 11 to 18 .. 
October 18 to 25 _ _ 

October 25 to No- 
vember 1. 

November 1 to 8.. 

November 8 to 15. 

November 15 to 22 

November 22 to 29 

November 29 to 
December 6. 

December 6 to 13 . 

December 13 to 20. 


1 p. m 

4 p. m 

4p. m 

4 p. m 

4 p. m 

4 p. m 

4 p. m 

4 p. m 

4 p. m 

4 p. m 

4 p. m 

4 p. m 


68 
68 

80 

78 
70 

58 
65 
64 
62 

58 

55 
55 




94 
74 

84 
78 
67 

63 
62 
64 
68 
54 

54 
54 


0.037 
.148 
.071 
.147 
.148 

.113 
.030 
.070 
.052 
.015 

.037 
.037 


0.0292 
.0180 
.0101 
.0210 
.0211 

.0176 
.0043 
.0100 
.0074 
.0021 

.0053 
.0053 


9.40 
5.80 
3.25 
6.76 
6.79 

3.46 
1.88 
3.22 

2.38 
.68 

1.71 
1.71 


October 2 to 








.906 


.0115 


8.70 


December 20. 













LIPPINCOTT.] 



EVAPORATION. 



27 



Evaporation at Kingshurg Bridge, King River. 

Table No. 7.— Novembkb 1, 1881, to October 81, 1882. 

[Elevation 297 feet.] 





Time of day. 


Tempera- 
ture of 
air. 


Pan in river. 


Pan in air. 


Date. 


Tempera- 
ture of 
water in 
river. 


Tern 
pera- 
ture of 
water 
in pan. 


Evapora 

tion 
(depth in 

feet). 


Tempera- 
ture of 
water in 
pan. 


Evapora- 
tion 
(depth in 

feet). 


1881. 

November 

December 

1882. 
January 


4.30 p.m.. 
4.30 p.m.. 

4.30 p.m.. 

5 p. m 

5.15 p. m.. 
5.15 p.m.. 
5.45 p. m .. 
6.30 p.m.. 
6.30 p.m.. 

6 p. m 

6 a. m 

10 a. m.... 


66 
55 

54 
56 
64 
73 

84 
88 
98 
96 
81 
68 


56 
52 

52 
55 
60 
63 
63 
67 
80 
84 
73 
63 


55 
52 

50 
54 
59 
62 
63 
68 
81 
85 
73 
63 


0.220 
.050 

.090 
.115 
.180 
.260 
.305 
.475 
.660 
.665 
.475 
.135 


60 
55 

53 
56 
66 

72 

83 
91 
85 
75 
60 


0.335 
.120 

.200 


February 

March ... 


.105 
.265 


April 


.435 


May 


.835 


June _ _ . 


.940 


July . 


1.075 


August . 


.875 


September 

October 


.575 
.195 






November to Jan- 








.360 

.555 
1.440 
1.275 




.655 


uary. « 
February to April & 
May to July ^ 










.805 










2.850 


August to Octo- 










1.645 


ber.^^ 












Total, No- 








3.630 




5.955 


vember to 
October. 













« First period. 



b Second period. 



c Third period. 



d Fourth period. 



28 



CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



Evaporation at Kingsburg Bridge, King River — Continued. 
Table No. 8.— November 1, 1882, to October 31, 1883. 



1882. 

November 

December 

1883. 

-January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July . 

August 

September 

October 

November to Jan- 
uary. « 

February to April ^ 

May to July c 

August to Octo- 
ber. '^ 

Total, No- 
vember to 
October. 



Time of day. 



Tempera 

ture of 

air. 



10 a. m... 
10 a. m... 

10 a. m... 
10 a. m... 
10 a. m_.. 
10 a. m.-_ 
10 a. m... 
10 a. m... 
10 a. m... 
10 a. m... 
10 a. m... 
10 a. m... 

10 a. m... 

10 a. m... 
10 a. m. .. 
10 a. m... 

10 a. m.. - 



Tempera- 
ture of 
water in 
river. 



53 
51 

43 
54 
69 
67 
76 
92 
96 
93 



49 
63 



71 



63 



Tem- 
pera- 
ture of 
water 
in pan. 



64 



Evapora- 
tion 

(depth in 
feet). 



Tempera- 
ture of 
water in 
pan. 



0.115 

.08^5 

.060 
.100 
.305 
.270 
.160 
.500 
.760 
.920 
.730 
.400 



.260 

.675 
1.420 
2.050 



4.405 



45 



61 



Evapora- 
tion 

(depth in 
feet). 



0.100 
.090 

.040 
.070 
.310 
.260 
.310 
.850 
.970 
.970 
.705 



.230 

.640 
2.130 
1.965 



4.965 



a First period. 



b Second period. 



c Third period. 



d Fourth period. 



LIPPINCOTT.] 



EVAPORATION. 



29 



Evaporation at Kingsburg Bridge, King River — Continued. 
Table No. 9.— November 1, 1883, to October 31, 1884. 





Time of day. 


Tempera- 
ture of 
air. 


Pan in river. 


Pan in air. 


Date. 


Tempera- 
ture of 

water in 
river. 


Tem- 
pera- 
ture of 
water 
in pan. 


Evapora- 
tion 
(depth in 

feet). 


Tempera- 
ture of 
water in 
pan. 


Evapora- 
tion 
(depth in 

feet). 


1883. 

November 

December 

1884. 
January 


10 a. m 

10 a. m ... 

9 a. m 

9 a. m 

9 a. m 

9 a. m 

9 a. m 

9 a. m 

9 a. m 

9 a. m 

9 a. m 

9 a. m 


59 
49 

47 
52 
61 
67 
76 
77 
83 
78 
75 
68 


55 

48 

48 
52 
56 
60 
59 
57 
61 
64 
63 
62 


54 

47 

48 
52 
57 
61 
61 
60 
63 
66 
63 
63 


0.170 

.080 

.105 
.050 
.090 
.160 


52 

44 

44 
49 

57 
61 


0.140 
.065 

.075 


February 

March 

April 


.060 
.105 

.180 


Mav 


. 320 69 


.400 


June 


.295 

.380 
.370 
.320 
.350 


61 
73 
69 
64 
60 


.505 


July 


.670 


August 

September 

October 


.670 
.530 
.310 






November to Jan- 








.355 

.300 

.995 

1.040 


56 

68 
64 


.280 


uary^ 


9 a. ni 

9 a. m 

9 a. m 


60 
79 
74 


56 
59 
63 


57 
61 
64 




February to April ^ 

May to Julyc 

August to Octo- 
ber^ 


.345 
1.575 
1.500 


Total, No- 








2.690 




3.700 


vember to 
October _ _ 













« First period. 



b Second period. 



c Third period. 



d Fourth period. 



30 



CALIFORNIA HYDROGKAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



Evaporation at Kingsburg Bridge, King River — Continued. 
Table No. 10.— November 1, 1884, to October 31, 1885. 



Time of day. 



Tempera- 
ture of 
air. 



Tempera- 
ture of 
water in 
river. 



Tem- 
pera- 
ture of 
water 
in pan. 



Evapora- 
tion 

(depth in 
feet), 



Tempera- 
ture of 
water in 
pan. 



Evapora- 
tion 

(depth in 
feet). 



1884. 

November 

December 

1885. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November to Jan 
uary.« 

February to April ^ 

May to July ^ 

August to Octo- 
ber.^ 

Total, No- 
vember 
to Octo- 
ber. 



9 a. m 
9 a. m 

9 a. m 
9 a. m 
9 a. m 
9 a. m 
9 a. m 
9 a. m 
9 a. m 
9 a. m 
9 a. m 
9 a, m 

9 a. m. 

9 a. m. 
9 a. m 
9 a. m 

9 a. m 



63 



0.200 
.180 

.010 
.140 
.240 
.160 
.340 
.660 
.710 
.930 
.640 
.470 



51 



60 



71 



.390 

.540 
1.710 
2.040 



62 



4.680 



0.120 
.140 

.010 
.130 
.220 
.270 
.660 
.810 
.900 
.930 
.660 
.360 



.270 

.620 
2.370 
1.950 

5.210 



a First period. 



b Second period. 



« Third period. 



d Fourth period. 



LIPPINCOTT.] 



EVAPORATION. 



31 



Evaporation at Kingsburg Bridge, King River — Continued. 

Table No. 11.— November 1, 1881, to October 31, 1885. 

[Average for four years.] 





Pan in river. Pan in air. 


Date. 


Evapora- 
tion (depth 
in feet). 


Evapora- 
tion per 
24 hours 
(depth in 

feet). 


Evapora- 
tion in 
cubic feet 
per second 
per square 
mile. 


Evapora- 
tion (depth 
in feet). 


Evapora- 
tion per 
24 hours 

(depth in 
feet). 


Evapora- 
tion in 
cubic feet 
per second 
per square 
mile. 


November 

December 

January 

February 

March . 


0.176 
.099 
.066 
.101 
.204 
.213 
.281 
.483 
.628 
.721 
.541 
.339 


0.0059 
.0032 
.0021 
.0036 
.0066 
.0071 
.0091 
.0161 
.0203 
.0233 
.0180 
.0109 


1.89 
1.03 
.69 
1.16 
2.12 
2.29 
2.93 
5.20 
6.54 
7.51 
5.82 
3.53 


0.174 
.104 
.081 
.091 
.225 
.286 
.551 
.776 
.904 
.861 
.615 
.289 


0. 0058 
.0034 
.0026 
.0033 
.0073 
.0095 
.0178 
.0259 
.0292 
.0278 
.0205 
.0093 


1.87 
1.08 
.84 
1.05 
2.34 


April 

May 

June 


3.08 
5.74 
8.35 


July 


9.41 


August . - - 


8.96 


September 

October 


6.62 
3.01 


November to 
January « 

February to 
April b 

May to July ^' _ . 

August to Octo- 
ber rf 


.341 

.518 
1.391 

1.601 


.0037 

.0058 
. 0151 

.0174 


1.20 

1.88 
4.88 

5.61 


.359 

.603 
2.231 

1.765 


.0039 

.0068 
.0243 

.0192 


1.26 

2.19 

7.83 

6.19 






Total No- 
vember 
to Octo- 
ber 


3.851 


.0106 


3.40 


4.958 


.0136 


4.38 



a First period. 



b Second period. f Third period. d Fourth period. 

CLEAR LAKE, LAKEPORT, CAL. 



Evaporation records have been kept by the United States Geologi- 
cal Survey at Lakeport, Cal., on Clear Lake, since February 1, 1901. 
The evaporation pan is 3 feet square and 1.5 feet deep, and is floated 
on a triangular raft anchored in a cove where it is not exposed to the 
full force of the wind. Evaporation observations were begun on the 



32 



CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. 



[NO. 81 



land at the same point September 15, 1901. Capt. D. C. Rumsey is 
the observer. The following table gives the evaporation by months : 

Evaporation record of Clear Lake, Lakeport, Cal. 



January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June - - - 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 

Total for period 
of observa- 
tions. 



Lake. 



t« 0. 85 
.95 
2.40 
3.05 
3.70 
3.95 
5.15 
5.00 
3.35 
2.30 
.85 
1.30 



32.85 



&1.60 

2.45 

1.05 

.95 



6.05 



January . _ .. . 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October .-. 

November 

December 

Total for period 
of observa- 
tions. 



Lake. 



0.85 

.25 

1.60 

2.60 

4.00 

4.65 

6.65 

4.40 

4.10 

1.95 

.45 

.40 



31.90 



0.85 

.30 

1.55 

2.35 

3.70 

5.15 

7.40 

4.95 

4.40 

1.85 

.45 

.45 



33.40 



a Estimated. & September 15-29 only. 

DISCHARGE TABLES. 

The following tables, showing measurements of the discharge of 
California streams, are arranged alphabetically under the names of 
the streams considered. 

AGUILAR CREEK. 

Discharge measurement of Aguilar Creek. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Locality. 


Aug. —,1899 


G. F. Wright 


Sec.-ft. 
.12 


Santa Barbara County. 



ALAMEDA CREEK. 

Alameda Creek, in Alameda County, Cal., flows westerly into San 
Francisco Bay. The stream passes through narrows at Niles, where 
a weir dam known as the Niles dam is situated, and below this point 
spreads over certain absorbent gravel beds, at the lower end of which 
wells supplying considerable volumes of water are located. In the 
crest of the Mies dam is a rectangular weir opening. The length of 
this weir can be adjusted by inserting flash boards or planks. When 
the water reaches high stages it fills the rectangular weir opening 



LIPPINCOTT.] 



ALAMEDA CREEK. 



33 



and flows over the top of the walls of the dam on the side, so that 
the large flood measurements that have been computed contain con- 
siderable elements of error. The measurements of smaller volumes, 
however, are doubtless more accurate. The Spring Valley Water 
Company, of San Francisco, has a pumping station which is supplied 
from an intake above the Niles dam, so that the amount of w^ater 
pumped, as given in the following tables, should be added to the 
amount of water passing over the weir, in order to get total discharge. 

During a term of years the Spring Valley Water Company kept 
observations at this weir dam of the height of water on the weir 
and the length of weir, and also of the amount of water pumped. 
These data were presented as Exhibit 11 in a certain suit entitled 
" Clougli V. Crystal Springs AVater Company of San Francisco." involv- 
ing water rights to Alameda Creek, tried in the Alameda Count}^ 
superior court in the fall of 1901. 

The record is not entirely complete, but the available data were 
assembled and computations of discharge were made by this office, 
and average monthly flow is given in the following tables. In some 
instances uncertainty exists as to the proper length of weir. This 
matter has been taken up, however, with the Spring Valley Water 
Compan}^, and all corrections have been made for which the data are 
available. While the record is not considered perfect, it is the best 
obtainable, and in view of the extent of the data it is deemed to be 
worthy of publication. 

Discharge measurements of Alameda Creek, Alameda County. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Locality, 


Dec. 18,1896 
Dec. 19,1896 
Dec. 20,1896 


W. W. Brier 

do 

do 


iiec.-ft. 

38.68 

32.49 

30.94 

63.44 

57.25 

51.06 

7.74 

6.19 

. 77 

44.87 

40.23 

34.04 


Niles dam. 
Do. 
Do. 


Jan. 11,1897 


do 


Do. 


Jan. 12, 1897 
Jan. 18,1897 


do 

do 


Do. 
Do. 


Dec. 18,1896 
Dec. 19,1896 
Dec. 20,1896 


do 

do 

do 


3 miles below Niles. 
Do. 
Do. 


Jan. 11,1897 


-do 


Do. 


Jan. 12,1897 
Jan. 18,1897 


do 

do 


Do. 
Do. 



IRR 81—03- 



34 CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no.81 

Estimated monthly discharge of Alameda Creek at Niles dam. 



Month. 



1889. 



January 

February _ 

March 

April 

May - - - 

June 

July 

August _-. 
September 

October 

November . 
December . 



The year . 



1890. 



January... 
February _ 

March 

April . 

May ... 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November . 
December 



The year . 



Discharge over weir* 



Maximum. Minimum. 



Second-feet. 



2,577 



,792 

,813 
.853 

412 
253 

88 
47 
22 
88 
28 
22 
293 



Second-feet. 



412 

237 

824 

176 

82 

41 

22 

16 

16 

16 

16 

81 



Second-feet. 



996 



1,664 

1,007 

646 

242 

144 

62 

31 

20 

17 

17 

19 

49 

326.5 



L.IPPINCOTT.] 

Estimated monthly 



ALAMEDA OEEEK. 35 

of Alameda Creek at Niles dam — Continued. 



Discharge over weir. 



Maximura. Minimum 



Quantity 
of water 
pumped. 



1891. 



January-.- 
February . 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September . 
October - - - 
November. 
December . 



The year - 



1892. 



January 

February -. 

March 

April - 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September - 
October . . - 
November. 
December . 



The year . 



Second-feet. 

165 

3,311 

3,965 

253 

79 

47 

19 



Second-feet. 

38 
38 
98 

84 

47 

22 

2 





1,701 



324 

279 

2,016 

752 

324 

34 

14 



3,566 
4,951 



Second-feet. 

58 
457 
424 
147 

60 



Sec-feet. 



84 



« 159.1 



78 
86 
190 
168 
111 
23 
&4 



599 

120 



^4,332 
997 



10 
5 

10 
12 
12 
12 
12 
10 
10 
10 
10 



10.17 



12 
11 
9 
11 
12 
12 



a Eight months' mean. 

bMean of July 1 to 19, inclusive. 



cMean of November 28 to 30, inclusive. 



36 CALIFOElSriA HYDEOaRAPHY. [no. 81. 

Estimated monthly discharge of Alameda Creek at Mies dam — Continued. 



Month. 


Discharge over weir. 


Quantity 
of water 
pumped. 


Maximum. 


Minimum. 


Mean. 


1893. 
January _ _ . . _ 


Second-feet. 
2,016 

2,577 


Second-feet. 
120 
237 


Second-feet. 
437 

743 


Sec-feet. 
6 


February « __ __ 





March . . _ 




April ._ . 










May 


- 








June 








2 


July 








12 


August 








12 


SepteTnher 








9 


October 








8 


November 








8 


December 








7 












The year 






&590 


5.3 










1894. 
January 








3 


February 










March . ... 








1 


April . - _ _ 








8 


May 








8 


June 








8 


July - _- 








8 


August 








8 


September 








8 


October . . _ 








8 


November .. .. _ ... 








2 


Deceniber 9 to 31 


^3,700 


79 


659 








The year 








5.2 













a No record for rest of year. b Two months mean. 



c No record prior to December 9. 



LippiNCOTT.] ALAMEDA CREEK. 37 

Estimated monthly discharge of Alameda Creek at Niles dam — Continued. 



Month. 



1895. 



January . _ _ 
February _ 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September . 

October 

November . 
December . 



The year _ 



January . _ . 
February . 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August _-- 
September 
October _ . . 
November - 
December _ 



The year . 



Discharge over weir. 



Maximum. Minimum. 



Second-feet. 
4,521 

« 2, 577 

224 

176 

224 

58 

16 

3 

<^2 

47 

14 

25 



2,936 

306 

200 

2, 577 

224 

54 

16 

2 

4 

23 

25 

872 



Second-feet. 

200 

206 

125 

71 

54 

16 

3 

1 



Mean. 



Second-feet. 

1,221 

625 

170 

124 

92 

30 

10 

1 



a Record missing February 15 to 28, inclusive. 
b No record previous to July, 
o Record missing September 16 to 30, inclusive. 
dSix months mean. 



191.6 



534 

118 

121 

336 

137 

29 

5 

1 

1 

3 



115 



Quantity 
of water 
pumped. 



Sec. -feet. 



&4 
12 
12 
12 
12 
12 



<U0.7 



7 

12 
12 
12 
12 
10 



6.6 



38 CALIFORNIA HYDROGHJAPHY. [no. 81. 

Estimated monthly discharge of Alameda Creek at Niles dam — Continued. 



Discharge over weir. 



Maximum. Minimum. 



Mean. 



Quantity 
of water 
pumped. 



1897. 



January _ . . 
February .. 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September . 

October 

November . 
December _ . 



The year _ 



1898. 



January . _ . 
February .. 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September . 

October 

November . 
December _ 



The year _ 



Second-feet. 
565 

2,577 
3,700 



54 
«19 



Second-feet. 

47 
224 
246 
98 
58 
19 
12 



bl4 



{') 



^4 

^4 



(/) 



Second-feet. 
123 

837 

816 

227 

71 

25 

16 



Sec-feet. 



«Mean of July 1 to 15, inclusive. No record for remainder of month. 

b No record from July 16 to November 15, inclusive. 

cNo record from December 1, 1897, to May 22, 1898, inclusive. 

f'No record from December 1, 1897, to May 22, 1898, inclusive. 

e June 18 to October 22, inclusive, water below crest. 

/ No length of weir given from October 23 to November 18, inclusive. 



LippiNcoTT] ALAMEDA CREEK. 3^9 

Estimated monthly discharge of Alameda Creek at Niles dam — Continued. 



Discharge over weir. 



Maximum. Minimum, 



Quantity 
of water 
pumped. 



1899. 



January _ _ 
February . 
March « .._ 
April ..... 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 
October _ . _ 
November 
December . 



The year _ 



1900. 



January . . 
February - 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August . _ . 
September 

October 

November . 
December . 



The year _ 



Second-feet. 

431 
4 



Second-feet. 






200 
19 



565 



3,700 

47 

306 

71 

31 

^6 

1 

1 



Second-feet . 

41 



47 
101 



297 

34 

112 

35 

17 

4 





4 



« Record incomplete. 

b August 17 to November 15, inclusive, water below crest. 

«"No record from June 17 to 24, inclusive. 

dEnd of record. 

e Eleven months mean. 



40 



CALIFORNIA HYDEOaRAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



ALDER CREEK. 

Alder Creek is a tributary of the Santa Ana, in San Bernardino 
County. (See Santa Ana River, Alder Creek.) 

ALISO CREEK. 

Aliso Creek rises in the Fernando hills. It is normally dry at the 
points of measurement. During the night preceding the measure- 
ments there had been 0.65 inch of rain. At the point of first meas- 
urement it is 1.5 miles from the foothills. The measurements show 
the manner in which the creek sinks. Just below the point of second 
measurement the water all disappears. 

Discharge measurements of Aliso Creek, San Fernando Valley. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Locality. 


1901. 
January 28 . . - 
Do 


J. B, Lippincott 

do 


Sec-foot. 

0.60 

.32 


At Chatsworth road crossing. 
2 miles below road crossing. 







AMERICAN RIVER. 

Discharge measurements of American River, Sacramento County. 



Hydrographer. 



Discharge, 



Locality. 



Sept. —,1898 

Aug. 3, 1901 

Sept. 18,1901 

Sept. 16,1899 

Sept. 14,1900 

Sept. 16,1899 

Sept. 14,1900 

Dec. 28,1878 

July 14,1879 

Jan. 24,1879 

Feb. 23,1879 

May 21,1879 



J. B. Lippincott - 
C.W.Landis- _ 
J. B. Lippincott- 
S. G. Bennett _ . . 



_do . 
-do . 



.do. 



State engineering de- 
partment. 

do 

.--.-do 



-do. 
-do . 



Sec-feet. 

34.5 
619 
23 



235 

20 

12 
570 

4,000 
13,000 

10,000 
10, 000 



Folsom. 

Do. 

Eldorado flume at Riverton. 

Main river, 1 mile above South 
Fork. 

Do. 

North Fork ditch, 2i miles above 
Folsom. 

Do. 

4 miles above Folsom. 

Do. 

Sacramento , Twelfth street 
bridge. 

Near mouth. 

Do. 



LiPPiNCOTT] AMERICAN EIVER. 41 

Discharge measurements of South Fork of American River, Eldorado County. 



Hydrograplier. 



Dis- 
charge. 



Locality. 



Aug. 21,1902 

Aug. 22,1902 
Do 



Aug. 23,1902 

Sept. 18,1899 

Sept. 14,1900 

Do 

Sept. 18,1900 
Aug. 2, 1901 

Sept. 13,1901 

Sept. 14,1901 

Sept. 13,1901 

Sept. 18,1901 

Aug. 22,1902 

Sept. 19,1901 

Aug. 19,1902 

Do 

Aug. 22,1902 

Do 



Aug. 21,1902 
Aug. 23,1902 



S. a. Bennett . 



_do . 
_do . 



.do 



S. Q. Bennett _ 

do 

do 

do 

do 



J.B.Lippincott- 



do 

do 

do 

S. G. Bennett _ - . 
J. B.Lippincott. 
Chas. A. Miller _ 



-do . 
.do . 



_do . 



.do . 
.do . 



Sec-feet. 
100 



5 
12 



30 



30 



«20 



35 

«20 



&28 

dW 
11 
69 

7.5 

40 
29 



102 



Chillie Bar, 3 miles from Placer- 
ville. 

Big Canyon Creek at Chillie Bar. 

South Fork of Silver Creek, 200 
feet above mouth. 

Main Silver Creek, 150 feet above 
junction of South Fork of Sil- 
ver Creek. 

Eldorado ditch, 1 mile from Pa- 
cific post-office. 

South Fork at iron road bridge 
near mouth. 

Do. 

South Fork, Natoma ditch. 

Do. 

South Fork, Natoma ditch near 
Salmon Falls. 

Silver Creek below mouth of 
Little Silver. 

Do. 
South Fork at Riverton. 

Do. 

Do. 

South Fork at Mosquito Bridge. 

Branch of Natoma ditch, South 
Fork of American River. 

Natoma ditch. 

Natoma ditch near Salmon 
Falls. 

Nigger Hill ditch near Salmon 
Falls. 

Iron bridge near mouth. 

2 miles above iron bridge. 



a Estimated. 
b4.30p. m. 
c8a. m. 

(ill a. m. Flume company is said to be diverting entire river at their intake above Riverton, 
but considerable water returns to the river from leaks in old flume. 



42 CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no. 81. 

Discharge measurements of North Fork of American River. 



Hydrographer. 



Dis- 
charge. 



Locality. 



Aug. 25,1902 

Do 

Aug. 21,1902 

Aug. 23,1902 

Aug. 27,1902 
Aug. 28,1902 

Aug. 26,1902 



S. G. Bennett _ _ _ 

do 

Chas. A. Miller_ 
do 



.do 
-do . 



.do 



Sec. -ft. 
59 

35 

204 
145 

121 

78 

14 



200 feet above Colfax, Iowa Hill 
road bridge. 

South Yuba Water Company's 
new power canal. 

Above junction with South 
Fork. 

1 mile above mouth of South 
Fork. 

Do. 

2^ miles from Auburn above 
mouth Middle Fork. 

North Fork Canal, second cross- 
ing of ditch from Folsom. 



Discharge measurements of Middle Fork of American River. 



Hydrographer 



Dis- 
charge. 



Locality. 



Aug. 26,1902 

Do 

Do 

Do 



S. Q. Bennett . 

do 

do 

do 



Aug. 28,1902 



_do 



Sec. -ft. 
25 

11 

18 
42 

110 



North Fork of Middle Fork, 300 
feet above junction. 

North Fork of Middle Fork, 
mining ditch. 

300 feet above junction with 
Rubicon River. 

Rubicon River, 300 feet above 
junction with Middle Fork of 
American River. 

Middle Fork above mouth. 



ARMAS CREEK. 

Discharge ineasurements of Armas Creek, Sayita Barbara County. 


Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Locality. 


Aug. — , 1889 


Q. F. Wright 


Sec. -ft. 
0.08 




ARMITAS CREEK. 

Discharge measurements of Armitas Creek, Santa Barbara County. 


Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Locality. 


Aug. — , 1889 


a. F. Wright 


Sec.-ft. 

0.04 









LIPPINCOTT.] 



DISCHARGE TABLES. 



43 



ARROYO BURRO. 

Discharge measurements of Arroyo Burro, c^ Santa Barbara County. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Locality. 






Sec-feet. 




Aug. —,1889 
June 21,1902 


G. F. Wright 


0.23 




J. B. Lippincott 


.0036 


100 feet below Moore's north line. 


June 17 1900 


J. Harrington 


.03 


San Roqui Creek, above tunnel. 
San Roqui Creek, below tunnel. 


Do 


do 


.03 


May 2, 1900 


do 


.04 


San Roqui Creek, station 6, op- 
posite tunnel. 




Do 


_do 


.02 


San Roqui Creek, station 8, op- 
posite tunnel. 






Do 


do 


.08 


Tunnel of Pacific Improvement 
Co. 






June 21,1902 


J. B. Lippincott 


.009 


San Roqui Creek, below tunnel. 


Do 


do 


.25 


Tunnel of Pacific Improvement 
Co. 

San Roqui Creek at station 44, 


Do 


-do _-._..... 


.011 






opposite tunnel. 


Do_ 


do 


.0063 


San Roqui Creek at station 65, 






opposite ttmnel. 



ARROYO CARNERO. 

Discharge measurements of Arroyo Carnero, Santa Barbara County. 



Date. 



Aug. 



,1889 



Hydrographer. 



G. F. Wright . 



Dis- 
charge. 



Sec-feet. 
0.08 



Locality. 



ARROYO GRANDE. 

Discharge measurements of Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo County. 


Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Locality. 


Nov. 20,1897 


W. W. Brier 


Sec-feet. 

7.80 


Arroyo Grande. 


ARROYO LEON. 

Discharge measurements of Arroyo Leon, San Mateo County. 


Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Locality. 


Oct. 17, 1893 


W. W. Brier 


Sec-feet. 
0.63 


^ mile above Half Moon Bar. 









« The upper mountainous portion of this stream, is called the San Roqui and the lower part the 
Arroyo Burro. 



44 



CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



ARROYO SECO. 

This stream is a tributary of Los Angeles River, which it joins at 
the cit}^ of Los Angeles. Its basin is small, draining 21 square miles 
of the Sierra Madre. The river issues from the mountains on the 
west side of Pasadena Mesa, passes through an opening in a granite 
spur known as Devils Gate, and joins Los Angeles River at Los 
Angeles. Between the point where the water issues from the moun- 
tain and Devils Gate lies a broad river bottom 2 miles in length, com- 
posed of coarse material. In passing over this the water sinks rapidly, 
diminishing in volume of flood water from the mouth of the canyon 
to Devils Gate. It is believed that a large portion of the underflow 
from the gravels above Devils Gate passes to the east of Devils Gate 
and flows toward the San Gabriel Valley. (See also Pasadena Mesa. ) 

Discharge measurements of Arroyo Seco, at cable station terminal quarries, Los 

Angeles County. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Nov. 21, 1900, 1.30 p. m ... 

Nov. 21, 1900, 2 p. m 


E.P.Dewey .. 


Sec-feet. 
81 


do 


100 


Nov. 21, 1900, 3 p. m 

Nov. 22, 1900, 11 a.m 


do 

- --do -..-.__ _. ... .. 


144 

85 


Nov. 22, 1900, 2 p. m 

Nov. 23, 1900 


do 


99 


do 


31 


Nov. 24, 1900, 3 p. m 


do 


11.5 


Nov. 26, 1900, 3.45 p. m 


- do . . ... 


8.7 


Dec. 1,1900 


W. B. Clapp - - 


4.3 


Dec. 6, 1900 


do -- 


1.4 


Jan. 6, 1901 


do 


7 


Jan. 7, 1901, 9.30 a. m 

Jan.7, 1901,3.45 p. m ... 


do 

do 


172 
103 


Jan. 8, 1901 


do 


28 


Jan. 11, 1901 


do 


14 


Jan.l4, 1901 -. . .... 


do . . 




Jan. 20, 1901 


do 


5 


Jan. 21, 1901 


do 


11 


Jan. 23, 1901 


-do - .. 




Jan. 28,1901 

Jan. 29, 1901 


do -. 

do 


32 

11 


Feb. 1, 1899 


W. B. Clapp 


.24 


Mar. 17, 1899 . 


do .* 


3.24 


Mar. 18, 1899 


do 


1.77 


Mar. 19, 1899 


do 


.93 


Mar.20,1899 


do 


2.52 



LippiNcoTT.] ARROYO SECO. 

Discharge ineasuremenU of Arroyo Seco, etc. — Continued. 



45 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Mar. 21 1899 


W.B. Clapp , 


Sec-feet. 

1.90 


Mar. 22. 1899 


do 


1.64 


Mar. 23, 1899 


do 


1.56 


Mar 26 1899 


do 


2.20 


Mar. 28, 1899 


do 


1.22 


Apr. 2, 1899 


do 


.28 


Apr. 12, 1899 


do 


.08 


Jan. 10, 1899 


E.P.Dewey -.- .- 


3.02 


Jan. 11, 1899- - 


,do 


1.90 


Jan. 12, 1899 . . 


_do 


2 


Do 


do 


2 06 


Nov. 20, 1900 


- do 


.23 


Nov. 21, 1900, 11 a.m 


do 


32 


Nov. 21, 1900, 12 m 


do . 


35 


Nov. 21, 1900 1 p.m - 


do -. 


75 


Feb. 4, 1901 


W. B. Clapp , 


29 


Feb. 5, 1901,11 a. ni.__... 


..._do 


869 


Feb. 5, 1901, 3 p. m 


do 


410 


Feb. 0, 1901 


do 


200 


Feb. 9, 1901 


do 


102 


Feb. 11, 1901 - 


do 


102 


Mar. 16, 1901 .. ._ 


do - - 


17 


Apr. 29,1901 . 


do 


1.6 


May 10, 1901 


..do - 


5.3 









Discharge measurements of Arroyo Seco near Devils Gate, Los Angeles County. 



Hydrograplier. 



June 14, 
July 12, 
Aug. 9, 
Oct. 11, 
Nov. 8, 
May 31, 
July 10, 
Sept. 17, 
Sept. 16, 
Oct. 12, 



1899 
1897 
1897 
1897 
1897 
1899 
1899 
1900 



T. D.Allen...... 

do 

do 

do 

do 

..-.-do 

W.B. Clapp .... 

do 

F. H. Olmsted... 
J. B. Lippincott . 



Sec-feet. 
«5.17 

■ «5.12 
«4.63 
«4.13 
«!4.16 
«3.17 
«2.87 
«3.55 
«3.60 
«3.44 



a Devils Gate developments, including Richardson and "Wilson tunnels. 



46 CALIFOENIA HYDEOGEAPHY. [no. 81. 

Discharge measurements of Arroyo Seco, Los Angeles County. 



Hydrograplier. 



Dis- 
charge. 



Locality. 



Jan. 

Oct. 

Sept. 

Oct. 

May 

June 

June 

July 

July 

Sept. 

Sept. 

Feb. 



11, 1899 
13, 1898 
16, 1898 

24. 1898 

29. 1899 
3, 1899 

21,1899 
1,1899 

13. 1899 

19. 1900 
21,1900 

6,1901 



W.B.Clapp 

J. B. Lippincott 

F.H.Olmsted 

J. B. Lippincott 

W.B.Clapp 

do 

do 

do 

do 

W.W.Cockins,jr . 

J. B. Lippincott 

S. G-. Bennett 



Sec.-ft. 

4. 17 Loughery dam site. 

. 08 Painter pipe-line diversion. 

1. 69 Sheep corral, total. 

1.48 Do. 

1.43 Do. 

1.36 Do. 
1.62 Do. 
1.33 Do. 
1.30 Do. 
1.94 Do. 

1.37 Do. 

270 Avenue 26 bridge (flood meas- 

i urement). 



BEAR CREEK. 

See Santa Ana, Bear Creek. 

BEAMS DITCH. 
See San Bernardino Valley, Beams ditch. 

BEAR RIVER. 

Discharge measureinents of Bear River, Yuba County. 



Date. 



Hydrographer. 



Dis- 
charge. 



Locality. 



Sept. 17,1900 

Dec. 16,1878 

Sept. 6, 1879 
Feb. 22,1879 
Sept. 6, 1879 
Oct. 20,1879 
Aug. 25,1902 

Do 



S. G. Bennett . 



State engineering de- 
partment. 

do 

do 

.-..-do ' 

do 

S. G. Bennett 



_do . 



Aug. 26,1902 



Charles A. Miller. 



Sec.-ft. 
11.7 

10 

15 
J, 500 
15 
12 
16 



28 



Wagon bridge 1 mile south of 
Wheatland. 

Wire bridge. 



Do. 

Do. 

Wheatland. 

1 mile below w^ire bridge. 

Below waste from old mining 
ditch. 

Old mining ditch of South Yuba 
Water Company, one-fourth 
mile below head works. 

Wooden flume of South Yuba 
Water Company, near Au- 
burn. 



LTPPINCOTT.] 



BEAR RIVER. 



47 



Estimated morithly discharge of Bear River, Merced County, at base of foothills. C' 
[Drainage area, 166 square miles.] 



1878. 

November 

December 



January 
February _ 

March 

April 

May 

June - 

July 

August -.. 
September 
October _ _ . 
November 
December . 



1879. 



The year 



1880. 



January __ 
February _ 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August ... 
September 
October . . _ 
November - 
December . 



The year . 



Discharge. 



Maximum. Minimum. Mean. 







312 
,570 
197 







0- 
257 



570 



217 

700 

85 

2,080 

47 













421 



2,080 



Sec.-feet. 







5 











Sec -feet. 






25 

57 

54 















18 



13 



25 

61 

31 

321 

23 













115 



48 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Acre-feet. 





1,388 

3, 505 

3,213 















1,107 



9,213 



1,537 

3,509 

1,906 

19,101 

1,414 













7,071 



34, 538 



Run-oflf. 



Per 
square 
ruile. 



Sec-feet. 







0.15 

.34 

.33 















.11 



.08 



.15 

.37 

.19 

1.93 

.14 









.29 



Depth. 



"Authority, State engineering department. 



48 CALIFOENIA HYDROGEAPHY. [no. 81. 

Estimated monthly discharge of Bear River, etc. — Continued. 



Discharge 



Maximum. Minimum, 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Run-oflf. 



Per 
square 
mile. 



1881. 



January _. 
February _ 

March 

April 

May _ 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November. 
December . 



The year . 



1882. « 



January 

February . 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July -- 

August 

September 

October 

November. 
December . 



The year _ 



Sec. -feet. 

1,920 

1,423 

197 

20 



















1,920 



Sec. -feet. 

20 

47 

13 





















Sec. -feet. 

169 

214 

48 

6 



















Acre-feet. 

10, 391 

11,885 

2, 951 

357 



















Sec-feet. 

1.02 

1.29 

.29 

.04 























25, 584 



100 

130 











17 

25 

17 





1,833 

6,149 

7,736 











1,045 

1,488 

1,045 



27 



19, 296 



.22 




.20 

.60 

.78 











.10 

.15 

.10 



.16 



a Run-off for 1882, 1883, and 1884, estimated from previous measurements or from run off of 
neighboring streams. 



LippiNCOTT.] BEAR RIVER. 

Estimated monthly discharge of Bear River, etc. — Continued. 



49 



1883. « 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May - - - 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 



The year 

1884. « 

January « 

February _ . . 

March 

April 

May 

June ^ 

July ... 

August 

September 

October 



Discharge. 



Maximum. Minimum. Mean, 



Sec. -feet. 



Sec-feet. 



Sec.-feet. 

66 

33 

170 

100 

50 

















Total dis- 
charge. 



35 



17 

660 

910 

660 

330 

170 

66 









Acre-feet. 

4,058 

1,833 

10, 453 

5,950 

3,074 

















25, 368 



1,045 

37, 964 

55, 954 

39, 273 

20, 291 

10,116 

4,058 









Per 

square 
mile. 



Sec.-feet. 

.40 

.20 

1.02 

.60 

.30 

















.21 



.10 

3.98 

5.48 

3.98 

1.99 

1.02 

.40 









Depth. 



Inches. 

.46 
.21 

1.18 
.67 
.35 










2.87 



.12 

4.29 

6.32 

4.44 

2.29 

1.14 

.46 

0. 







« Run-off for 1882, 1883, and 1884, estimated from previous measurements or from run-off of 
neighboring streams. 



IRR 81—03- 



50 CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. 

BIG ROCK CREEK. 

Discharge measurements of Big Bock Creek, Los Angeles County. 



[NO. 81. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Locality. 


Jan. 4, 1898 


J. B. Lippincott _ 


Sec. feet. 

5.27 

1.27 
1.33 

.78 


Dam site above development 


Jan. 4, 1898 
Jan. 4, 1898 
Jan. 4, 1898 


do 

do 

do 


tnnnel. 
Diversion to tunnel. 
Developed in tunnel. 
Cienega on Pallett tributary. 



WILLIAMS RIVER. 

Discharge measurement of Williams River, Yuma County, Ariz. 



Jan. 1,1902 
Oct. 28,1902 



Hydrographer . 



J. B. Lippincott _ 
E.T.Perkins 



Dis- 
charge. 



Sec. feet. 
4 
4 



Locality. 



Mouth of river. 
Do. 



BLOOMINGTON FLUME, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. 

See San Bernardino Valley. 

BRISCOE CREEK, GLENN COUNTY. 
See Stony Creek, Briscoe tributary. 

BURNEY CREEK. 

See Pit River, Burney tributary. 

BUTANO CREEK. 

Discharge measurement of Butano Creek, San Mateo County. 



Date. 


Hydrographer . 


Dis- 
charge. 


Locality. 


Oct. 17, 1893 


W. W. Brier 


Sec. feet. 
2.05 


5 miles above junction with 
Pescadero Creek. 







LirriNCOTT.] 



DISCHARGE TABLES. 
CACHE CREEK.« 



51 



This stream is the outlet of Clear Lake, in Lake County, Cal., and 
is described in Water-Supply Paper No. 51, p. 453. 

On account of the great importance of Clear Lake as a storage res- 
ervoir, a gaging station was established at the wagon bridge across 
Cache Creek, one-half mile north of the town of Lower Lake, January 
1, 1901. Gage rods were put in at this point and an observer was 
employed by Mr. P. N. Ashley, of Woodlands, for the Agricultural 
Department, about October, 1900, but no meter measurements were 
made. 

In order to determine the evaporation from the surface of Clear 
Lake an evaporation pan and gage were placed in a cove near Lake- 
port in January, 1901, and the observations for evaporation were 
begun February 1 by Capt. D. C. Rumsey. The pan is not exposed 
to the full force of the wind, as the waves often run high. 

Discharge measurements of Cache Creek, Lake County. 



Hydrographer. 



Gage 
height. 



Dis- 
charge. 



Locality. 



Sept. 24,1900 
Dec. 16,1900 
Jan. 25,1901 
Apr. 13,1901 
June 17,1901 
July 15,1901 
Aug. 13,1901 
Sept. 4,1901 
Oct. 5, 1901 
Nov. 9, 1901 
Nov. 29,1901 



S.G.Bennett __ 

do 

.___.(}o 

do 

S.Matthews 

do 

do _... ... 

J.R.Anderson 
do 



30. 1901 

29. 1902 
13,1902 

3, 1902 
19,1902 
5, 1902 
24, 1902 
3, 1902 
19,1902 
May 31,1902 
June 14,1902 
July 12,1902 



Dec. 
Jan. 
Feb. 
Mar. 
Mar. 
Apr. 
Apr. 
May 
May 



-do _._... 

_do 

-do 

-do 

-do 

-do 

-do 

-do 

-do 

-do 

-do 

-do - 

-do 

-do 



1.18 

3.60 

3.80 

2.85 

2.45 

2.05 

1.72 

1.45 

1.20 

1.60 

1.60 

1.60 

2.50 

6.50 

7.70 

6.5 

5.9 

5.2 

4.5 

4.0 

3.6 

3.1 



Sec. -feet. 

3.8 

123 

675 

673 

333 

236 

144 

88 

34 

20 

69 

65 

70 

260 

1,151 

1,866 

1,397 

1,212 

1,042 

853 

720 

629 

422 



Lower Lake Bridge. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 



oFor a detailed statement concerning the hydrography of Cache Creek, see Water-Supply 
Paper No. 45, by A. E. Chandler, 



52 CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no. 81. 

Discharge measurevients of Cache Creek, Lake County — Continued. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Gage 
height. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Locality. 


July 26,1902 
Aug. 9,1902 
Aug. 22,1902 
Sept. 6, 1902 
Sept. 20,1902 
Oct. 4, 1902 
Oct. 20, 1902 


J. R. Anderson 

.do 


Feet. 
2.8 
2.7 
2.5 
2.3 
2.2 
2.1 
2.0 
2.1 
2.8 
2.8 


Sec-feet. 
345 
289 
246 
193 
156 
108 
83 
118 
245 
300 
196 
189 

3.8 
811 
720 

1,276 
56 


Lower Lake Bridge. 
Do. 


do 


Do. 


do 


Do. 


_do 


Do. 


do 


Do. 


do 


Do. 


Nov. 4, 1902 
Nov. 19,1902 
Dec. 19,1902 
June 24, 1900 


do 

do 

S.G.Bennett 

do ..-: 


Do, 
Do. 
Do. 
itumsey, Colusa County. 
Do. 


June 25, 1900 


do 




Sept. 23, 1900 
Apr. 12, 1901 
Apr. 15, 1901 

May 8, 1902 
Sept. 25, 1902 


-do 




Do. 


do 




Do. 


do 

do 


3.4 

4.4 
1.4 


Woodland Bridge, Yolo 
County. 

Do. 


do 


Do. 



Estimated monthly discharge of Cache Creek at Lower Lake. 
[Drainage area, 500 square miles.] 



1901. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July . 

August 

September 

October . 

November 

December 

The year 



Discharge. 



Maximum. Minimum. 



Sec-feet. 

2,020 

2, 520 

1,330 

805 

570 

415 

255 

155 

86 

50 

62 

74 



2,520 



Sec- feet. 

155 

615 

805 

530 

380 

255 

155 

86 

40 

16 

16 

40 



16 



Sec-feet. 

535 

909 

1,079 

654 

481 

327 

199 

114 

55 

31 

26 

62 



373 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Acre-feet. 

32, 896 

50, 483 

66, 345 

38,916 

29, 576 

19,458 

12, 236 

7,010 

3,273 

1,906 

1,547 

3,812 



263, 858 



Sec-feet. 

1.07 

1.82 

2.16 

1.31 

.96 

.65 

.40 

.23 

.11 

.06 

.05 

.12 



.75 



Depth. 



Inches. 

1.23 

1.89 

2.49 

1.46 

1.10 

.72 

.46 

.26 

.12 

.07 

.06 

.14 



10.00 



LippiNcoTT] CACHE AND CAJON CREEKS AND CALAVERAS RIVER. 53 

Estimated monthly discharge of Cache Creek at Lower Lake — Continued. 



Discharge. 



Maximum. Minimum. 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Per 

square 
mile. 



Depth. 



1902. 

January 

February 

March 

April _.. 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October .. _ 

November 

December 

The year 



Sec-feet. 

78 

1,345 

2,080 

1,660 

1,100 

670 

460 

310 

200 

150 

580 

340 



Sec-feet. 

40 

52 

1,275 

1,100 

670 

460 

310 

200 

130 

110 

110 



Sec. -feet. 

53 

381 

1,766 

1,427 

865 

556 

380 

243 

163 

127 

263 

307 



Acre-feet. 

3,259 

21, 160 

108, 587 

84, 912 

53, 187 

33, 084 

23, 365 

14, 941 

9,699 

7,809 

15, 650 

18,877 



Sec-feet. 

0.11 

.76 

3.53 

2.85 
1.73 
1.11 



.33 
.25 
.53 
.61 



Inches. 

0.13 

.79 

4.07 

3.18 

1.99 

1.24 

.88 

.56 

.37 

.29 

.59 

.70 



40 



544 



394, 530 



1.09 



14.79 



CAJON CREEK. 

Discharge measurements of Cajon Greek, San Bernardino County. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Discharge. 


Locality. 


June 8, 1900 


S. G.Bennett 


Sec-feet. 
1.37 


Keenebrook station. 



CALAVERAS RIVER. 

Discharge measurements of Calaveras River, Calaveras County. 



Date. 


Hydrographer, 


Sept. 6,1899 


S. G. Bennett 



Discharge. 



Sec. -feet. 
Dry.... 



Locality. 



San Andreas, Jackson road. 



54 



CALIFORNIA HYDBOGBAPHy. 



[no. 81. 



Estimated monthly discharge of Calaveras River at Bellota.<^ 
[Drainage area, 491 square miles.] 



Mean dis- 
charge. 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Per square 
mile. 



1878. 



November ^ 
December ^> _ 



1879. 



January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June ^ 

July & 

August & 

September ^ . 

October & 

November ^ . 
December &.. 



The year '^ 

1880. <^ 



January 

February . 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November . 
December . 



The year .. 



Sec-feet. 






229 

648 

1,068 

680 

166 

98 

24 









295 



267 



221 

393 

614 

4,174 

1,473 

196 

24 

10 







246 



613 



Acre-feet. 






14, 081 

35, 988 

65, 669 

40, 463 

9,878 

5,831 

1,476 









18, 139 



191,525 



13,589 

22, 606 

37,753 

248, 370 

90, 571 

11,663 

1,476 

615 







15,126 



441,769 






0.47 

1.32 

2.18 

1.38 

.34 

.20 

.05 









.60 



.55 



.45 

.80 

1.25 

8.50 

3.00 

.40 

.05 

.02 







.50 



1.25 



a Authority, California State engineering department 

'>For November and December, 1878, and from June, I87i), to Octobei*, 1884, estimated from 
run off of neighboring stream. 
^Estimated from runoff of neighboring stream. 



LiPPiNcoTT.] CALAVERAS RIVER. 55 

Estimated monthly discharge of Calaveras River at Bellota — Continued, 



Mean dis- 
charge. 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Run-off. 



Per square 
mile. 



Depth. 



1881 /< 



January . . . 
February . 

March 

April 

May 

June - 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November . 
December . 



The year _ 



1883. « 



January . . 
February . . 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September . 

October 

November 
December . 



The year . 



Sec-feet. 
1,473 
3,700 



544 



344 

443 

1,719 

1,719 

3,946 

246 







98 

147 

147 

651 



Acre-feet. 

90,571 

149, 950 

60, 381 

58, 433 

12,053 

4,403 

3,013 









4,550 



Sec-feet. 

3.00 

5.50 

3.00 

3.00 

.40 

.15 

.10 









.15 



383, 353 



31,153 

34, 547 

105, 697 

103, 388 

181,143 

14, 638 







6,036 

8,747 

9,039 



473, 376 



1.11 



.70 

.90 

3.50 

3.50 

6.00 

.50 







.30 

.30 

.30 



1.33 



Inches. 

3.46 

5.73 

3.31 

3.33 

.46 

.17 

.13 









.17 



14.65 



.81 

.94 

4.04 

3.90 

6.93 

.56 







.23 

.33 

.35 



18.08 



"Estimated from run-off of neighboring stream. 



56 CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no. 81. 

Estimated monthly discharge of Calaveras River at Bellota — Continued. 



1883. « 

January 

February _.-.-_ .__ 

March 

April 

May 

June 

Jiily _-- ._. 

August 

September 

October 

November . _ 

December 

The year 

1884.^' 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August _ . 

September . 

October 



Mean dis- 
charge. 



Sec-feet. 

491 
393 

737 

982 

491 

196 







74 

24 

49 



196 

2,455 

2,946 

2,455 

491 

491 

196 









Total dis- 
charge. 



Acre-feet. 

30, 190 

21,826 

45,316 

58, 433 

30, 190 

11,663 







4,550 

1,428 

3,013 



206, 609 



12, 052 

141,213 

181,142 

146, 083 

30, 190 

29,217 

12, 052 









Run-off. 



Per square 
mile. 



Sec-feet. 

1.00 

.80 

1.50 

2.00 

1.00 

.40 







.15 

.05 

.10 



.58 



.40 

5.00 

6.00 

5.00 

1.00 

1.00 

.40 









Depth. 



"Estimated fi'om run-off of neighboring stream. 

CALIENTE CREEK.« 

Discharge measurements of Caliente Creek, Kern County. 



May 1,1895 



Hy dr ographer . 



Dis- 
charge. 



J. B. Lippincott _ 



Sec-feet. 
23 



Locality. 



li miles northwest of station. 



a Stream usually dry in summer months. 



LIPPINCOTT.] 



CALIENTE CREEK. 



57 



Estimated monthly discharge of Caliente Creek, Kern County, at base of foothills, (f 
[Drainage area, 423 square miles.] 



1878. 



November . 
December . 

January - _ 
February _ 

March 

April 

May 

June 

Jnly 

August 

September . 

October 

November . 
December _ 



1879. 



The year _ 



1880. 



January . . 
February . 

March 

April 

May 

June _ . 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November _ 
December . 



The year . 



Mean dis- 
charge. 



Second-feet. 






106 

76 

25 









110 

212 



54 



508 

973 

1,100 

1,227 

846 

212 

21 







85 

212 



432 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Acre-feet. 






2,091 

3,277 

1,845 

6,307 

4,673 

1,488 









6,545 

13, 035 



39, 261 



31,236 

55, 968 

67,636 

73,012 

52,019 

12,615 

1,291 







5, 058 

13, 035 



311,870 



Run-off. 



Per^^guare p^^,^. 



Second-feet. 



0.08 

.14 

.07 

.25 

.18 

.06 









.26 

.50 



.13 



1.20 

2.30 

2.60 

2.90 

2.00 

.50 

.05 







.20 

.50 



1.02 



a Estimated from run-off of neighboring streams. Authority, California State engineering 
department. 



58 OALIFOBNIA HYDEOGEAPHY. [no. 81. 

Estimated monthly discharge of Caliente Creek, etc. — Continued. 



1881. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 

The year 

1882. 
January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June - 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 

The year 



Mean dis- 
charge. 



Sec-feet. 

212 

428 

423 

423 

423 

212 

■ 









51 



181 



212 

212 

42 











68 



59 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Acre-feet. 

18, 085 

28, 492 

26, 009 

25, 170 

26, 009 

12,615 











8,186 



129, 466 



8,186 

3,499 

18, 035 

12,615 

2,582 





3,749 
8,874 



42, 490 



Per square 
mile. 



Sec. -feet. 

0.50 

1.00 

1.00 

1.00 

1.00 

.50 











.12 



.43 



LiPPiNcoTT] CALIENTE CBEEK. 

Estimated monthly discharge of Caliente Creek, etc. — Continued. 



59 



Mean dis- 
charge. 



Total dis- 
charge. . 



Per square 
mile. 



Depth. 



1883, 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July _ 

August 

September 

October 

November _.. 

December 

The year 

1884, 

January ___ .., 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June . 

July 

August .. 

September 

October 



338 

212 

169 









42 

42 

63 



83 



212 
1,269 
1,269 

846 
169 
212 







Acre-feet. 

3,874 

3,499 

20, 783 

12,615 

10,391 









2,582 

2,499 

3,874 



Sec-feet. 

0.15 

.15 

.80 

.50 

.40 









.10 

.10 

.15 



60,117 



13,035 

72, 994 

78,028 

50, 340 

10,391 

12,615 











.20 



.50 

3.00 

3.00 

2.00 

.40 

.50 











Inches. 

0.17 

.16 

.92 

.56 

.46 









.12 

.11 

.17 



2.67 



.58 

3.24 

3.46 

2.23 

.46 

.56 











CALLOWAY CANAL. 

See Kern River, Calloway canal. 

CAMP CARLTON DITCH, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. 
See San Bernardino Valley, Camp Carlton ditch. 



60 



CALIFOENIA HYDBOGEAPHY. 
CANYADA DEL CORRAL. 

Discharge measurement of Canyada del Corral Creek. 



[NO. 81. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Locality. 


Aug. —,1889 


a. F.Wright - 


Sec-feet. 
0.15 


Santa Barbara County. 



CANYADA LARES. 

Discharge measureme7it of (Janyada Lares Creek. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Locality. 


Aug. —,1889 


G. F.Wright 


Sec. -feet. 
0.08 


Santa Barbara County. 



CANYADA REFUGIO. 

Discharge measurement of Canyada Refugio Creek. 



Date. 


Hydrographer . 


Dis- 
charge. 


Locality. 


Aug. —,1889 


G.F. Wright 


Sec-feet. 
0.31 


Santa Barbara County. 



CANYADA VERDE. 

Discharge measurement of Canyada Verde Creek. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Locality. 


Aug. —,1889 


G-.F. Wright 


Sec-feet. 
0.08 


Santa Barbara County. 



CAPITAN CREEK. 

Discharge measurement of Capitan (El) Creek. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Locality. 


Aug. — , 1889 , 


G.F. Wright 


Sec-feet. 
0.23 


Santa Barbara County. 



LippiNcoTT.] OARPENTERIA CREEK AND CARSON RIVER. 
CARPENTERIA CREEK. 

Discharge measurement of Carpenteria Creek. 



61 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Locality. 


Aug. —,1889 
June 16,1900 


G. F. Wright 

R. Moyer 


Sec-feet. 
0.08 

.003 


Santa Barbara County, 1 mile 
above Placitas Road. 

Do. 



CARSON RIVER. 



EAST FORK CARSON RIVER. 



This branch of Carson River has its source in the high Sierra of 
California, and flows northward, crossing the Nevada-California 
boundary line and entering Carson Yalley at Rodenbah's ranch, 
about 20 miles from Carson, a little east of south. There it turns to 
the northwest, and a short distance above the town of Genoa unites 
with the West Fork, forming Carson River. The drainage area 
above Rodenbah's is 414 square miles in extent, and is mapped on 
the Markleeville and Dardanelles atlas sheets of the United States 
Geological Survey. This gaging station was established by L. H. 
Taylor on October 1.7, 1900, at the pl-ace where measurements were 
made in the years 1890, 1891, and 1892. The rod was an inclined 
timber securely fastened to posts set in the right bank of the stream. 
The bench mark was on a basalt rock at the edge of the stream, 20 
feet from the gage, and was at an elevation of 6.3 feet above gage 
datum. The channel at the station is straight and the banks are high. 
The stream bed is of cobbles and gravel, and is quite stable. Meas- 
urements are made from a cable. and suspended car. On August 2, 
1901, a loose rock dam was raised a short distance below the gaging 
station, which affected the velocity at the latter point. The dam was 
partly washed out by a freshet on December 4, 1901. On March 10, 
1901, a new gage was established a short distance downstream from 
the original one, which had been destroyed. It consists of a vertical 
timber driven into the stream bed at the right bank and spiked to a 
Cottonwood tree. A bench mark was also established on a large 
granite bowlder 20 feet south of the gage, under the cable from which 
the measurements are made. Its elevation is 8.10 feet above the 
datum of the gage. 



62 CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no. 81. 

Discharge measurements of East Fork Carson River, near Gardnerville, Nev, 



Hy drographer . 



Gage 
height. 


Feet. 


4.00 


4.55 


5.85 


5.40 


3.70 


3.70 


3.40 



Dis- 
charge. 



Mar. 10,1901 
Apr. 30,1901 
June 4, 1901 
June 9, 1901 
Sept. 29,1901 
Nov. 7, 1901 
Dec. 19,1901 



L. H. Taylor_ 

do 

do 

.....do 

do 

do 

do 



Sec. -feet. 

459 

^«864 
1,868 
1,356 
«137 
«117 
156 



« Approximate. 

Estimated monthly discharge of East Fork Carson River, at Oardnei'ville 
(Rodenbah), Nev. 

[Drainage area, 1,519 square miles.] 



1890, 

April _ 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 

1891, 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 1.. 

September 



Mean dis- 
charge. 



Sec.-ft. 

1,026 

2,654 

2,430 

1,789 

597 

415 

386 

384 

379 



402 
783 
452 
1,445 
1,328 
618 
408 



1891— Continued 

October 

November 

December 

The year 

1892. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June .... 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November . . . 

December 

The year 



Mean dis- 
charge. 



Sec.-ft. 
385 
385 
438 



619 



390 

388 

422 

478 

1,226 

1, 158 

506 

413 

414 

416 

414 

1,097 



610 



LIPPINCOTT.] 



CARSON RIVER. 



63 



For further details of the flow of East and West forks ot Carson 
River, see the Twelfth Annual Report of the United States Geological 
Survey, Pt. II, page 351. 

WEST FORK, CARSON RIVER. 

This stream rises on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada in Cal- 
ifornia, immediately southeast of the source of Truckee River, and, 
flowing in a general northeast direction, crosses the State line into 
Nevada and joins the East Fork near Genoa, in Carson Valley. The 
drainage area is mapped on the Markleeville atlas sheet of the United 
States Geological Survey. This gaging station, established by L. H. 
Taylor on October 18, 1900, is about three-fourths of a mile above the 
post-office at Woodfords, near the point where measurements were 
made in 1890, 1891, and 1892. The gage at present in use is a vertical 
timber, but it is only temporary, the equipment of the station being 
incomplete. The channel at the station is straight, the banks are 
high and rocky, and the bed is of rock and gravel and not likely to 
shift. Measurements are made from a car suspended on a steel cable 
across the stream. 

Discharge measurements of West Fork, Carson River, near Woodfords, Cal. 



Hydrographer 



Gage 
height. 



Dis- 
charge. 



Mar. 8, 
Apr. 28, 
May 26, 
May 31, 
June 13, 
Sept. 21, 
Nov. 6, 
Apr. 22, 
May 13, 
July 3, 
July 30, 
Aug. 6, 
Sept. 9, 



1901 
1901 
1901 
1901 
1901 
1901 
1901 
1902 
1902 
1902 
1902 
1902 
1902 



L, H. Taylor . . . 

clO' 

do _-. 

do 

do 

do 

do ._-. .... 

D. W. Hayes... 

C. V. Taylor ... 

D. W. Hayes -_. 
do 

C. V. Taylor ... 
L. L. Richards . 



Feet. 
3.30 
3.95 
3.80 
4.05 
3.75 
2.35 
2.60 



Sec-feet. 

1.58 

«3.21 

2.85 

«3.50 

2.74 

.31 

.68 

182. 50 

422. 50 

157. 60 

46.70 

53.00 

40.00 



^Approximate. 



64 



CALIFORNIA HyDROGRAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



Estimated monthly discharge of West Fork Carson River, at Woodfords, Cal. 
[Drainage area, 70 square miles.] 



Month. 



1890. 

April 

May 

June 

Jnly_-. 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 

1891. 

January 

February 

March 

April 



Mean dis- 
charge. 



Sec.-ft. 

284 

657 

614 

380 

135 

75 

67 

49 

53 



52 

48 

61 

127 



1891— Continued, 

May 

June 

July 

August . . 

September 

October 

November . 

December 

The year 

1892. 

January . 

February 

March .i . . . 



Mean dis- 
charge. 



Sec.-ft. 

534 

338 
130 
65 
41 

48 
43 

47 



128 



45 
46 
65 



Discharge measurements in Carson River Basin. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Location. 


Aug. 6, 1902 


C.V.Taylor 


Sec. ft. 
0.72 


Indian Creek and Harvey's ditch. 


Do 


do 


1.18 


Hawkins Creek, one-fourth mile 






above Hawkins's house. 


Sept. 9, 1902 


L.L. Richards 


1.10 


Do. 


Aug. 6,1902 


C.V.Taylor 


1.27 


Petersons Creek, near old sawmill. 


Sept. 9, 1902 


L.L.Richards 


.42 


Petersons Creek, above Cohn's 
meadow. 


Aug. 6, 1902 


C.V.Taylor 


2.84 


Bruns Creek, mouth of canyon. 


Sept. 9, 1902 


L.L.Richards 


3.48 


Do. 



CASCADE CREEK, TUOLUMNE COUNTY. 

See Stanislaus River, Cascade Creek. 

CHERRY CREEK, TUOLUMNE COUNTY. 
See Tuoliimne River, Cherry Creek. 

CHINO CREEK, RIVERSIDE COUNTY. 

See Santa Ana River, Chino Creek. 



LippiNCOTT] DISCHAEaE TABLES. 

CHOWCHILLA CREEK. 

Estimated monthly discharge of Chowchilla Creek at I 
[Drainage area, 268 square miles.] 



65 



3 of foothills. (^ 



1878. 

November 

December 



1879. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June . 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December .... 



The year _ 

1880. 

January _ . 

February 

March 

April 

May ^ 

June 'J . . _ 

July ^ 

August ^ 

September ^ 

October ^ 

November ^ 

December ^ 



The year . 



Discharge. 



•Sec-feet. 





140 

1,000 

760 

800 

140 













192 



1,000 



18 
1,500 

91 
6,380 



Minimum. Mean. 



Sec-feet. 





Sec-feet. 






5 

167 

19 

1,266 

53 

27 





201 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Acre-feet. 





492 

3,110 

3,874 

2,856 

861 









o" 



738 

11,931 



307 

9.606 

1.168 

75, 332 

3,259 

1,607 









0_ 

12, 359 



145 ' 103,638 



Per 

square 
mile. 



Sec- feet. 





0.03 
.21 
.24 

.18 

.05 





' 


.04 

.06 



Depth. 



0.03 
22 

.28 

.20 

.06 













.04 



.83 



.02 
.62 

.07 I 
4.72 

.20 

.10 
I 





.75 



.54 



.02 

.07 

.08 

5.26 

.23 

.11 











.86 



7.23 



"Authority, California State engineering departtnent 

^Estimated from previous measare-nenti, or froai ran-oii of neighboring stream. 



IR.R 81 — 03- 



66 CALIFORNIA. HYDROGRAPHY. [no. 81. 

Estimated moiithly discharge of Chowchilla Creek at base of foothills — Continued. 



Discharge. 



Maximum. Minimum 



Total dis- 
charge. 



1881. « 

January 

February _ _ . _ 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July .__ 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 



The year . 

1882. 

January « 

February 

March 

^pril<' 

May '■ 

June " 

July " 

August " 

September « 

October ^'' _ _ . . _ . 

November « 

December « 



The year _ 



Sec. -feet. 



1,130 
10, 770 



Sec-feet. 



•,.-feet. 

295 

875 

83 

11 















27 



54 

164 

1,168 

268 

54 











53 

27 



149 



Acre-feet. 

18, 139 

20, 826 

5, 103 

655 















1,660 



46, 383 



3,320 

9,108 
71,818 
15, 947 

3,320 






3, 154 

1,660 

108, 327 



Sec. feet. 

1.10 

1.40 

.31 

.04 















.10 



.25 



.20 

.61 

4.36 

1.00 

.20 











.20 

.10 



.56 I 



"Estimated from previous measurements, or from run-off of neighboring stream. 



LippiNcoTT] CHOWCHILLA CEEEK. 67 

Estiiuated )iionthhj discharge of Choivchilla Creek at base of foothills — Continued. 



January . - - 
February . 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November. 
December _ 



The year . 

1884.'' 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October .._ . 



Discharge. 



Sec-feet. 



Minimum. Mean. 



Sec-feet. Sec-feet. 



53 

268 

134 

107 

















54 



Run-off. 



Total dis- ; 
charge. ; Per 
I square 
mile. 



4,919 

2,943 

16, 479 

7,974 

6,579 

















38, 894 



0.30 

.20 

1.00 

.50 

.40 

, 







D 







.20 



I 



27 

1,340 

1,608 , 

1,072 i 

804 

804 

268 

27 







1,660 

77, 078 

98, 872 

63, 788 

49, 436 

47,841 

16,479 

1, 660 







.10 
5.00 
6.00 
4.00 
3.00 
3.00 
1.00 

.10 





Depth. 



Acre-feet. Sec-feet. Liche; 



0.35 

.21 

1.15 

.56 

.46 

















2.73 



.12 
5.39 
6.92 
4.46 
3.46 
3.35 
1.15 

.12 





a Estimated from previous measurements, or from run-off of neighboring stream. 



CALIFOEN^IA HYDEOGRAPHY. 
CITY CREEK. 



[NO. 81. 



Discharge measurements of City Creek at mouth of ca7iyon, San Bernardino 

County. 



Hy drographer . 



Dis- 
charge. 



June 11, 1 



Sept. 

Mar. 

Aug. 

July 

Oct. 

Apr. 

Sept. 



9, 1898 

25, 1899 

25, 1899 

12,1900 

1,1900 

7, 1902 

4, 1902 



J. B. Lippincott _ . _ 

do 

S. G.' Bennett 

do 

do 

W. W. Cockins, jr 

S. G. Bennett 

W. B. Clapp 



Sec-feet. 

3.03 

.07 

8.80 

.17 

.16 

.21 

12.5 



Note.— For measureinents of sundry small canals from City Creek in San Bernardino Valley 
see Santa Ana River near Cotton. Detailed desci'iptions given in Water-Supply Paper No. 59. 

COLD SPRING CANYON. 

Discharge measiirevients of Cold Spring Canyon, Santa Barbara County. 



Date. 



Aug. 13,1897 

Do 

Sept. 6, 1897 

Do 

Sept. 12.1897 

Do 

Oct. 2, 1897 

Do 

Dec. 8, 1897 

Do,_____ 
Jan. 26.1898 

Do 

June 14,1900 

Do 



Apr. 19,1898 
June 10,1900 

Do 

Mar. 22,1896 

Do_...... 

Aug. —1889 



Hy drographer. 



Montecito Water Co_ 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

R. Moyer 

do : 



Montecito Water Co- 

J. B. Lippincott 

do 

Montecito Water Co. 

do 

G. F. Wright 



Dis- 
charge. 



'c.-feet. 
0.66 
.08 
.31 
.06 
.31 
.09 
.28 
.09 
22 
.09 
.22 
.11 
.02 
.04 



.41 
Dry. 

.06 
Dry. 

.23 



Locality. 



City tunnel. 

Creek at falls. 

City tunnel. 

Creek at falls. 

City tunnel. 

Creek at falls. 

City tunnel. 

Creek at falls. 

City tunnel. 

Creek at falls. 

City tunnel. 

Creek at falls. 

City tunnel, station 29+97. 

City tunnel, 100 feet from head, 
station 29+27. 

City tunnel. 

City tunnel at Portal. 

Creek at falls. 

City tunnel. 

Creek at falls. 



LIPPTNCOTT.J 



DISCHARGE TABLES. 
COLDWATER CREEK. 



69 



Discharge measurements of Coldwater Creek, Riverside County, one-fifth, mile 

above dam. 



Hy dr ographer . 



Dis- 
charge. 



Jan. 4, 1899 

Jan. 18,1899 

Jan. 27,1899 

Feb. 3, 1899 

Feb. 11,1899 



Feb. 
Feb. 
Mar. 
Mar. 



18, 1899 

24, 1899 

1,1899 

12, 1899 



Mar. 17,1899 
Mar. 25,1899 
Mar. 31,1899 
Apr. 14,1899 
15, 1899 
21,1899 
26, 1899 
5, 1899 
13,1899 
17,1899 
May 29,1899 
May 31,1899 

Do 

June 5, 1899 
June 7. 1899 



Apr. 
Apr. 
Apr. 
May 
May 
May 



F. Rolfe 
.__-do ._ 
_ -do -_ 
._.-do .- 
.___-do .- 
_..-do ._ 
...--do -- 
._-_-do -- 
._.--do -- 
.----do -- 
-..-do ._ 
.---do .- 
.----do -_ 
.-..-do -. 



..do . 
..do 
.-do 
--do . 
.-do . 
-do . 
.-do . 
.-do 
-_do 
..do 



Sec.-feef. 


0.82 


1.43 


.84 


.99 


.97 


.78 


.94 


.92 


.71 


1.60 


1.18 


.84 


.68 


.62 


.26 


.38 


.37 


.21 


.21 


. 27 


.38 


.30 


.30 



COLORADO RIVER. 

Discharge measurements of Colorado River. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Gage 
height. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Locality. 


Aug. 18,1875 


U. S. Engineers 


Feet. 


Sec.-fect. 

18,410 


Stones Ferry. 
Camp Mohave. 


Aug. 20,1875 


-- -do 




11,610 
7,659 
9,737 

21 . 094 


Mar. 15,1876 


do --- 




Yuma. 


Jan. 17,1895 
Apr. 18,1895 


J. B. Lippincott 

do 


20.3 
20.2 


Do. 
Do. 


July 10,1895 
May 20,1896 


.. ..-do ... 

do 


21.2 45,533 
22.2 1 57,903 


Do. 
Do. 



70 CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no. 81. 

Discharge measurements of Colorado River — Continued. 



Hydrograplier. 



heigM. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Feet. 


Sec.-feet. 


20.71 


18,683 


17.2 


3,637 


17. 15 


3, VS9 


23 


38, 400 


20. 52 


14, 799 


21.06 


18, 350 


18.5 


6,030 


17.9 


4,798 


17. 5 


3, 559 


17.6 


4, 203 


17.5 


3,547 


17.4 


3,614 


17.5 


3,865 


18. 55 


5, 276 


18. 05 


4,213 


18 


4,368 


18.10 


4,600 


18. 45 


5, 500 


18.40 


4,979 


18. 50 


5, 544 


20 


12, 596 


19. 25 


7,862 


18.85 


6,347 


18.3 


4, 825 


18.2 


5,081 


18 


4,669 


17. 65 


3, 818 


17.5 


3,589 


18.3 


5,361 


18. 05 


4,607 


18. 05 


5, 237 


17.7 


4,698 


18 


4,863 


18.1 


5,356 


18.3 


5, 497 


18 


4, 588 


17.7 


4,176 



Locality. 



Aug. 
Jan. 
Feb. 
May 
July 
July 
Oct. 
Oct. 
Oct. 
Oct. 
Oct. 
Nov. 
Nov. 
Nov. 
Nov. 
Nov. 
Nov. 
Nov. 
Nov. 
Nov. 
Dec. 
Dec. 
Dec. 
Dec. 
Dec. 
Dec. 
Dec. 
Dec. 
Dec. 
Dec. 
Dec. 
Dec. 
Dec. 
Dec. 
Dec. 
Dec. 
Dec. 



,1901 
,1902 
,1902 
,1902 
,1902 
,1902 
1902 
, 1902 
,1902 
,1902 
, 1902 
, 1902 
, 1902 
, 1902 
, 1902 
,1902 
, 1902 
, 1902 
, 1902 
, 1902 
, 1902 
,1902 
,1902 
,1902 
,1902 
,1902 
,1902 
,1902 
,1902 
,1902 
,1902 
,1902 
,1902 
,1902 
,1902 
,1902 
,1902 



H.G.Heisler .__ 
J. B. Lippincott. 
S. G. Bennett _ _ _ 

do 

do 

W. W. FoUett _ . 
S. G. Bennett _ _ _ 
R.P.H.Laney _ 

do 

do 

do 

S. G. Bennett . . . 
-__„.do .... ._- 
W. D. Smith. ___ 
do 



____do 
._..do . 
..__do . 
-__.do . 
..._do - 
__._do 
.___do . 
...do . 
..._do . 
..-_do . 
_.-.do . 
....do . 
.-..do 
.___do 
...-do 
.....do 
....do - 
.. .do . 
...do 
....do . 
.--.do . 
..-.do . 



Yuma. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 



LippiNCOTT] COLORADO RIVER. 

Estimated monthly discharge of Colorado River at Yuma. 
[Drainage area, 325,049 square miles.] 



71 



Discharge. 



Minimum. Mean 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Depth. 



1902. 

January . _ 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December . 

The year 



Sec-feet. 

4,520 

4,720 

5, 340 

11,400 

59, 200 

56, 200 

27, 000 

5, 560 

8,360 

6,600 

5, 540 

12,600 



Sec-feet. 
3,230 
3, 300 
4, 340 
4,340 
11,400 
29, 000 
5,130 
3,230 
3, 050 
3, 140 
3, 140 
3, 590 



59, 200 3, 050 



Sec-feet. 

3, 727 

3, 955 

4,903 

6,179 

35, 961 

42, 520 

12,527 

4, 183 

3,819 

4,299 

4,187 

5, 412 



Acre-feet. 
229, 164 
219, 650 
301,474 
367, 676 
2,211,156 
2, 530, 115 
770, 255 
257, 203 
227, 246 
264, 335 
249, 144 
332,771 



Sec-feet. 
0.017 
.018 
.022 
.027 
.160 
.189 
.056 
.019 
.017 
.019 
.019 
.025 



Inches. 
0.020 

.019 
.025 
.030 
.184 
.211 
.065 
.022 
.019 
.022 
.021 
.028 



10,973 7,960,1 



.049 



Discharge vieasurements of Colorado River at Bulls Head Canyon. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Gage 
height. 


Dis- 
cbarge. 


Dec. 5, 1902 
Dec. 10,1902 


J. T. Whistler 

L. M. Zarnes 


Fc et. 

3 

2.65 

2.45 

2.95 

3.50 

3.23 

2.45 

2.20 


Sec-feet. 
5,786 
4,051 


Dec. 13,1902 
Dec. 17,1902 
Dec. 20,1902 
Dec. 24,1902 
Dec. 29,1902 
Dec. 31,1902 


do 

do 

• 

do 

.._-do 

do ■ 

do 


3,222 
4,138 
4,792 
4,939 
3,366 
2,913 









COLTON CITY AND COLTON TERRACE, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. 

See San Bernardino Valley. 

CONVICT CREEK. 
See Owens River, Convict Creek. 



72 CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY 

COSUMNES RIVER. 

Discharge tneasurements of Cosumnes River, Eldorado County. 



[NO. 81. 



Date, 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Locality. 


Sept. 16,1899 
Do 

Sept. 12,1900 
Do 


S.G.Bennett 


Sec-feet. 
2 

2 

1.7 

3.7 


Bridge near Latrobe, Jackson 


do 

_do _ . _ 


road. 

Ditch on south side of Latrobe, 
Jackson road. 

Bridge near Latrobe, Jackson 
road. 

Ditch on south side. 


do 









Esfimated moufJdi/ discharge of Cosumnes River at Live Oak Suspension Bridge, 
Sacramento County. (f 

[Drainage area, 580 square miles.] 



November . 
December _ 



1878. 



January . . . 
February _ 

March 

April ..,__. 

May 

June 

July . 

August 

September - 

October 

November . 
December . . 



1879. 



The year _ 



^ec -feet. 
29 
29 



290 

1,218 

1,740 

3, 132 

3, 248 

3.480 

422 

116 

23 

17 

52 

406 



1,179 



Total dis 
charge. 



Acre-feet. 
1,726 

1,783 



17,831 

67, 644 

106, 988 

186, 367 

199,712 

207, 074 

25, 948 

7,133 

1,369 

1 , 045 

3, 094 

24, 964 



849, 169 



Pex-^scjuare ^^^,^^ 



Sec. feet. \ Inches. 

0.05 I 0.06 

.05 i .08 



1 



.50 
2.10 
3 

5. 40 
5. GO 
6 
.73 
.20 
.04 
.03 
.09 
.70 

2.03 



.58 

2.19 

3.46 

6.03 

6.46 

6.6^ 

.84 

.23 

.04 

.03 

.10 

.81 



27.46 



« Authority, California 8tate engineering department Estimated from run-olt of neighboring 
di'ainage hasins. 



LTPPTNCOTT.] COSUMNES RIVER. ^ 73 

Estimated monthly discharge of Cosiunnes River, etc. — Continued. 



1880 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August - - - 

September 

October 

November 

December 

The year 

1881. 

January 

February 

March . 

April 

May - 

June 

Jnly _--_-. 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 

The year 



Mean dis- 
charge. 



Sec-feet. 

232 
441 

me 

4, 582 

5,104 

6,090 

2, 72G 

848 

29 

17 

12 

290 



Total dis- 
charge. 



1,714 



6^4 

074 
102 
190 
074 
218 
174 



58 
174 
522 



1,199 



Acre-feet. 

14, 265 

25, 367 

42, 795 

272, 648 

313,838 

362, 880 

167,615 

21,398 

1,726 

1,045 

714 

17,831 

1,341,617 



99, 
170, 

67, 
189, 
189, 

72, 
10, 



856 
721 
750 
818 
018 
476 
699 
349 
177 
566 
854 
097 



Per sciuare 
mile. 



Sec-feet. 

0.40 

.76 

1.20 

7.90 

8.80 

10.50 

4.70 

.60 

.05 

.03 

.02 

.50 

2.96 



856, 885 



5.30 

1.90 

5.50 

5.80 

2. 10 

.80 

.15 

.15 

.10 

.30 

.90 



IncheH. 

0.46 
.82 

1.38 

8.81 
10.15 
11.71 

5.42 
.69 
.06 
.03 
.02 
.58 

40, 13 



2.07 



3.26 

5.52 

2.19 

6.14 

6.11 

2.84 

.85 

.17 

.17 

.12 

.33 

1.04 



27.71 



74 CALIFOKNIA HYDEOGRAPHY. [no. 81. 

Estimated monthly discharge of Cosumnes River, etc. — Continued. 



Mean dis- 
charge. 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Per square 
mile. 



1889. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 

The year 

1883. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June . 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 

The year 



1,740 

2,320 

4, 524 

2,900 

696 

580 

52 

232 

100 

100 



1,191 



348 

290 

522 

1,740 

3,480 

2,320 

580 

232 

87 

87 

116 

116 



Acre-feet. 

32, 097 

28, 990 

106, 988 

138, 050 

278, 170 

172, 562 

42, 795 

35, 663 

3, 094 

14, 265 

5, 950 

6,149 



Sec-feet. 

0.90 



1.20 

1 
.09 
.40 
.17 
.17 



864, 773 



21,398 

16,106 

32, 097 

103, 537 

213,977 

138, 050 

35, 663 

14, 265 

5, 177 

5,349 

6,902 

7,133 



2.05 



-.60 
.50 
.90 



.40 
.15 
.15 
.20 
.20 



827 



599, 654 



1.43 



i.TPPTNcoTT.] cue AMONG A CREEK. 75 

Efifiiiintcd monthly discharge of Cosumnes River, etc. — Continued. 



Mean dis- 
charge. 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Run-off. 



sqnai 
nile. 



Depth. 



1884. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

Jnly 

August 

September 

October 



Sec-feet. 

145 

1,740 

3,480 

3,480 

2,900 

2,320 

2, 320 

580 

116 

87 



Acre-feet. 
8,916 

100, 086 

213, 977 

207, 074 

178.314 

138,050 

142, 651 

35, 663 

6,902 

5, 349 



Sec.-feet. 

0. 25 

o 

6 

6 

5 

4 

4 

1 
.20 
.15 



Indies. 

0.29 
3.24 
0.92 
6.69 
5. 76 
4.46 
4.61 
1.15 
22 
.17 



COW CREEK, TUOLUMNE COUNTY. 

See Stanislaus River, Cow Creek. 

CUCAMONGA CREEK. 

Discharge measurements of Cucamonga Creek, San Bernardino Connty. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Locality. 


Aug. 26,1898 
July 11,1900 
Oct. 7, 1901 
Apr. 3, 1902 


F. H. Olmsted 

S. G. Bennett 


Sec.-feet. 

1.04 
1.08 
2.06 
4.80 


Head works in canyon. 
Do. 


do . 

do 


Do. 
Do. 



76 



CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. 



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78 CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no. 81. 

Discharge measurements of tributaries of Cucamoyiga Creek around Red Hills. 



Date. 


Hydrograplier. 


Dis- 
charge 


Locality. 


Sept. 9, 1898 

Do . 

Do 


O.J. Sutton 


Sec-feet. 
2.20 
2.80 
1.80 


Springs. 
Tunnels. 
Artesian wells. 


do - 

do 








Total 


6.80 






S.G.Bennett 

S.G.Bennett 

do 




Aug. 29,1899 


2.48 


From Stowell wells to Ontario. 


July 11,1900 
Do 


4.03 
2.97 
2.13 

1.72 


East side. 
West side. 


Do 


do 


San Antonio water, Haskell well. 


Do 


do 


Sixteenth street wells. 








Total from 
Red Hills. 


10.85 





DALEY DITCH, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. 

See San Beniardiuo Valley, Daley ditch. 

DEER CREEK. 

Estimated monthly discharge of Deer Creek, Tidare County, at base of foothills. (^ 
[Drainage area, 110 square miles.] 



1878. 



November , 
December 

January _ . . 
February . 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August ._. 
September 
October . _ _ 
November 
December . 



187' 



The year _ 



Mean dis- 
charge. 



Second-feet. 






14 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Second-feet. 






553 

833 

492 

1,666 

•1,230 

417 





■ 



1,726 

3,382 

10, 299 



Per square 
mile. 



0.03 

.14 

.07 

.25 

.18 

.06 

P 







.26 

.50 



.13 



Depth. 



0.09 

.15 

.08 

.28 

.21 

.07 









.29 

.58 



1.75 



« Authority, California State engiaeering department. Estimated from run-off of neighboring 
streams. 



LippiNCOTT] DEER CREEK. 79 

Estimated monthly discharge of Deer Creek, etc. — Continued. 



Mean dis- 
charge. 



Run-off. 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Per square 
mile. 



Depth. 



1880. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August : 

September _ _ 

October 

November 

December . _ _ _ 

The year 

1881. 

January .. 

February 

March 

April . 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 

The year 



Second-feet. 

132 
253 

286 

319 

220 

55 

6 









55 

110 

110 

110 

110 

55 



.0 







23 



48 



Acre-feet. 

8,116 

14, 553 

17, 585 

18, 982 

13, 527 

3,273 

369 







1,309 

3,382 



Second-feet. 

1.20 

2.30 

2.60 

2.90 

2.00 

.50 

.05 







.20 

.50 



81,096 

3,382 

6,109 

6,764 

6,545 

6,764 

3,273 











1,414 



1.02 

.50 

1.00 

1.00 

1.00 

1.00 

.50 











.21 



Inches. 
1.38 

2.48 

3.00 

3.24 

2.31 

.56 

.06 







.22 

.58 



13.83 



.58 

1.04 

1.15 

1.12 

1.15 

.56 











.24 



34. 251 



.43 



5.84 



80 califor:n^ia hydrography. [no.8i 

Estimated monthly discharge of Deer Creek, etc. — Continued. 



1882, 

January 

February 

March . 

April - - - 

May 

June - 

July 

August 

September _ _ 

October . 

November 

December 

The year 

1883. 

January 

February . . 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September .. . . . 

October _ _ 

November 

December 

The year . 



Mean dis- 
charge. 



Seeond-feet. 

23 

17 

55 

55 

11 









11 

17 
6 



16 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Acre-feet. 



1,414 

944 

3,382 

3,273 

676 









076 

1.012 

369 



11,746 



1,045 

944 

5,411 

3,273 

2, 705 









676 

655 

1,045 



Per square 
mile 


Depth 


Second-feet. 


In 


dies. 


0.21 




0.24 


.15 




.16 


.50 




.58 


.50 




.56 


.10 




.12 


































.10 




.12 


.15 




• .17 



15, 754 



.05 



_L___._^ 



LippiNcoTT DEER CREEK. 

Estimated monthly discharge of Deer Creek, e^c.-— Continued. 



81 



Meaii dis* 
charge. 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Per s(iuare 
mile. 



Depth. 



1884. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May - 

June 

Jnly 

August - . 

September 

October • 



Second-feet. 

55 

330 

330 

220 

44 

55 











Acre-feet. 

3,382 

18, 982 

20,291 

13,091 

2,705 

3,273 











Second-feet. 

0.50 

3.00 

3.00 

2.00 

.40 

.50 











Inches. 

0.58 

3.24 

3.46 

2.23 

.46 

.56 











DINSMORE CREEK. 

Discharge measurement of Dinsmore Creek, Santa Barbara County. 



Hydrograpber. 



Dis- 
charge. 



Aug. 



, 1889 



G. F. Wright 



Sec-feet. 

0.23 



DOBBINS CREEK. 

Discharge measurement of Dobbins Creek, Yuba County. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Apr. 29, 1901 


F. S. Hyde . 


Sec-feet. 
"224 









« Estimated, at dam. 
DOS PUEBLOS CREEK. 

Discharge measurement of Dos Pueblos Creek, Sa7ita Barbara County. 



Date. 



Aug. 



Hydrographer. 



G. F. Wright . 



Sec-feet. 

0.54 



IRR 81—03- 



82 



CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. 
DRY OR JACKSON CREEK. 



[NO. 81. 



Estimated monthly discharge of Dry Creek, San Joaquin County, at base of 
foothills. « 

[Drainage area, 283 square miles.] 



Month. 



1878. 



November 
December . 



1879. 



January 

February _ 

March 

April 

May - 

June . . . 

July 

August .-- 
September . 

October 

November _ 
December _ 



The year _ 



1880. 



January . _ 
February _ 

March 

April 

May 

June 

Jnly 

August 

September 
October _ _ _ 
November. 
December . 



The year . 



Mean dis- 
charge. 



Second-feet. 





84 



425 

113 

57 

15 









198 



181 



127 

140 

354 

2,264 

879 

118 

15 

6 







142 



837 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Acre-feet. 






5, 165 

23, 603 

52, 208 

25, 289 

6,948 

3,892 

922 









12,175 



129, 697 



Per siiuare 
mile. 



8,058 

21,767 

184,717 

54, 048 

6,724 

922 

869 







8,731 



248, 140 



0.80 

1.50 

8.00 

1.50 

.40 

.20 

.05 





•0 



.70 



.45 

.49 

1.25 

8.00 

8.11 

.40 

.05 

.02 







.50 



1.19 



"Authority, California State engineering department. iEstimated from run-off of neighbor- 
ing streams, 



LiPPiNcoTT.] DRY CREEK. 

Estimated monthly discharge of Dry Creek, etc. — Contimied. 



83 



1881. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 

The year 

1882. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September - . . . 

October 

November 

December 

The year 



Mean dis- 
charge. 



Second-feet. 

879 

1,557 

566 

566 

113 

42 









57 

254 



336 



254 
283 
849 
566 

57 







15 

57 

84 

84 



187 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Acre'feet, 
54, 048 
86, 471 
34, 802 
33, 679 







3, 392 
15, 618 



237,457 



15, 618 

15,717 

52, 203 

33,679 

3,505' 







893 

3, 505 

4,998 

5, 165 



135, 283 



Per Bjiuare 
mile. 



Second'feet. 

3.11 

5.50 

2.00 

2.00 

.40 

.15 



. 





.20 

.90 



1.19 



.90 

1.00 

3.00 

2.00 

.20 







.05 

.20 

.30 

.30 

.66 



Depth. 



Inches. 

3.59 

5.73 

3.31 

2.33 

.46 

.17 









.22 

1.04 



15.75 



1.04 

1.04 

3.46 

2.23 

.23 







.06 

.23 

.33 

.35 



8.97 



84 CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no. 81. 

Estimated monthly discharge of Dry Creek, etc. — Continued. 



1883. 

January 

February 

March 

April - 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 

The year _ . _ . _ 

1884, 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September . . 

October 



Mean dis- 
charge. 



Second' feet. 

168 
141 
354 



87 



142 
1,132 
1,132 

879 
168 
283 







Total dis- 
charge. 



Acre'feet. 

10, 330 

7,831 

15,618 

16,840 

10, 330 









922 



922 



62, 793 



8,731 

65,113 

69, 604 

52, 304 

10, 330 

16, 840 











Run-off. 



Per square 
mile. 



Second' feet. 

0.59 

.50 

.90 

1.00 

.59 









.05 



.05 



.31 



.50 

4.00 

4.00 

3.11 

.59 

1.00 











Depth. 



Inches, 

0.68 
.53 

1.04 
1.13 

.68 





.06 


.06 



4.16 



.58 

4.31 

4.61 

3.47 

.68 

1.12 











LippiNcoTT.] DISCHARGE TABLES. 85 

EAST RIVERSIDE WATER COMPANY, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. 

See San Bernardino Valley. 

EATON CANYON. 

Discharge measurementft of Eaton Canyon, Los Angeles County. 



Date. 



Hydrographer. 



Discharge. 


Sec-feet. 


0.50 


1.87 


.04 


.10 


.10 


2.11 



Locality. 



Jan. 11,1899 
Oct. 18,1898 

Do .. 



E.P.Dewey 

J.B. Lippincott- 

do 



Do 

Do 

Nov. 14,1898 



_do 
_do 
.do 



Near falls. 

Water from large ^yells in Ea- 
ton Wash. 

Around superintendent's house 
and barns. 

San Gabriel water. 

Dairy well. 



ELEANOR CREEK. 

See Tnolnmne River, Eleanor Creek. 

FALLS CREEK. 

See Tuohimne River, Falls Creek. 

FALL RIVER. 

See Pit River, Fall River. 

FEATHER RIVER. 
Discharge measurements of Feather River, Butte County. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Gage 
height. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Locality. 


Feb. 18,1879 
May 13,1879 


State engineering 
department. • 

do . . 


Feet. 


Sec-feet. 
21,000 

15, 000 

12,000 

1,200 

2,700 

56, 000 

1,200 

1,900 

1,200 

1,800 

34 

1,123 
1,220 


Hennesseys. 
Do. 


Feb. 19,1879 


do ... 




Burts Ferry. 
Do. 


Aug. 31,1879 


.....do 




Nov. 12,1879 


do 




Do. 


Mar. 6, 1879 


.. -do 




Marysville. 
Do. 


Sept. 1,1879 


do .. _ 




July 16,1879 


do 




Near mouth. 


Aug. 27,1879 
Sept. 1,1879 


do 

do . - 




Oroville. 

Below mouth of Yuba. 


Sept. 7,1901 


S. G. Bennett 




West Branch of NorthFork, 


Sept. 18,1900 


do 




Cherokee Pipe Crossing. 
Oroville Bridge. 


Sept. 6, 1901 


do 




Do. 



86 CALIFORNIA HYDEOaRAPHY. [no. 81. 

Discharge measurements of Feather River, Butte County — Continned. 



Hydrographer. 



Gage 
height. 



Dis- 
charge. 



Locality. 



Jan. 29,1902 

Sept. 7, 1901 

Mar. 1,1902 

May 7, 1902 

Sept. 4,1902 

Sept. 10,1902 

Dec. 18,1902 

Sept. 8, 1902 

Sept. 6, 1902 

Do 



S.G.Bennett __- 

do 

do 

do 

Chas. A. Miller _ 

_-_-.do 

S. G. Bennett . _ _ 
._ ._do 



8.7 



8.65 



Do_ 



Sept. 4, 1902 

Do 

Do 



Chas. A. Miller . 

do 

do 

S. G. Bennett . _ . 

do 

do 



Sept. 5, 1902 

Do 

Sept. 8, 1902 

Do 

Sept. 9, 1902 

Do 



Do 

Sept. 7, 1902 

Sept. 9, 1902 
Sept. 12,1902 

Sept. 9, 1902 



_do 

_do 
_do 
_do 
.do 

.do 

_do 
_do 



Chas. A. Miller . 
do .._ 



_do 



-feet. 
960 
946 
228 
476 
885 
890 
298 
1 

1 

216 

80 

92 

88 

28 



607 

669 

168 

64 

109 



595 
815 



Oroville Bridge. 
North Fork, Hufea Bar. 
Oroville Bridge. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

South Fork at Little Grass 
Valley. 

South Fork at bridge at 
Enterprise. 

South Fork at Bidwell Bar 
Bridge. 

South Fork Palermo Canal 
at Enterprise. 

Middle Fork, below mouth 
of Nelson Creek. 

Middle Fork, Nelson Creek 
above mouth. 

Middle Fork, Spanish Creek 
at Pocket Bridge, lower 
end of American Valley. 

North Fork, Indian Creek 
at Indian Valley on Tay- 
lor sville road. 

North Fork at lower end 
Big Meadows. 

North Fork at Bidwell' s 
sawmill. 

East Branch North Fork at 
Hamilton's bridge. 

Big Spring Branch of East 
Fork of North Fork at 
point 1 mile below boat- 
house. 

Dotta or Lower Big Spring 
Branch of North Fork at 
mouth. 

West Branch of North Fork 
near Prattville. 

Butte Valley Creek, North 
Fork, at Butte Valley 
post-office. 

North Fork, Huffs Bar. 

Big Bend Tunnel on North 
Fork, at portal of tunnel. 

West Fork of North Fork 
at Yankee Hill Bridge. 



LIPPINCOTT.J 



FEATHER RIVER. 



87 



Estimated monthly discharge of Feather River at Oroville, Cal. 
[Drainage area, 3,350 square miles.] 



1902. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 

The year 



Discharge. 



Maximum. Minimum. Mean 



Sec. -feet. 

2, 325 

38, 680 

24, 420 

39, 600 

16, 600 

10,900 

2, 750 

1,620 

1,400 

3,150 

14, 400 

25, 800 



39, 600 



Sec-feet. 
1,975 
1,975 
7,000 
8, 300 
9,020 
2, 750 
1,620 
1,400 
1,300 
1,300 
1,510 
1,565 



1,300 



Sec-feet. 

1,998 

19, 545 

11,148 

19, 485 

12,110 

5,609 

2,098 

1,535 

1,323 

1,503 

3,481 

6,287 



7,177 



Total dis- 
charge 



Acre-feet. 

122, 852 

1,085,474 

685, 464 

1,159,437 

744, 615 

333, 759 

129,001 

94, 383 

78, 724 

92, 477 

207, 134 

386, 573 



5,119,893 



Sec-feet. 

0.60 

5.83 

3.33 

5.82 

3.61 

1.67 

.63 

.46 

.40 

.45 

1.04 

1.88 



2.14 



Depth. 



Inches. 

0.69 

6.07 

3.84 

6.50 

3.74 

1.86 

.72 

.53 

.45 

.52 

1.08 

2.17 



28.57 



FICAY CREEK. 

.discharge measurement of Ficay Creek, Santa Barbara County. 



Date. 



Hydrographer. 



Dis- 
charge 



Aug.— ,1889. 



G.F. Wright- 



Sec-feet. 
0.31 



FORT TEJON CREEK. 

Discharge measurement of Fort Tejon Creek, in foothills, Kern County. 



Date. 


Hydrographer . 


Dis 
charge. 


Nov. 13, 1895 

Feb. 3, 1896 


J. B. Lippincott 

do 


Sec-feet. 
2.6 
3.5 


June 4, 1896 


do _ - - 


1.1 


Dec. 19, 1896 


. .do 


1.5 









CALIFOENIA HYDROaRAPHY 
FRESNO CREEK. 



[NO. 81. 



Estimated monthly discharge of Fresno Greek, Madera County, at base of foot- 

hiUs.fi 

[Drainage area, 272 square miles.] 



1878. 
November ^ _ _ 
December '> 

1879. 

January <^ 

February <' 

March c 

Aprils 

May ^ 

June^ 

July c 

August^ 

September (■ ._. 

October c 

November '' . . 
December '> 



The year . 

1880.^ 

January . . . 

February 

March 

April 

May . _ 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 



The year . 



Sec-feet. 



80 

117 

202 

202 

102 

54 













Sec. -feet. 





66 

66 

124 

66 















Sec-feet. 






80 

118 

156 

79 

15 











109 



49 



5 

150 



130 



Total dis- 
charge. 



■re-feet. 



1,660 

4,443 

7,256 

9,283 

4, 858 

893 











6,702 



35, 095 



307 

8,628 

984 

64, 740 

3,320 

1,607 











13, 404 



92, 990 



Sec-feet. 






0.10 

29 

.43 

.57 

.29 

.06 











.40 



.18 



.02 
.55 

.06 
4.00 

.20 

.10 






.80 



.48 



"Authority, California State engineering department. 

''November and December, 1878, and from November, 1879, to October, 1884, inclusive, esti- 
mated from runoff of neighboring streams, 
c Measured. 



LippiNcoTT.l FRESNO CREEK. 89 

Estimated monthly discharge of Fresno Creek, etc. — Continued. 





Maximum. 


Minimum. 


Mean. 


Total dis- 
charge. 


Run-off. 


Month. 


Per 

square 
mile. 


Depth. 


1881.^' 
January 


Sec.-feet. 


Sec.-feet. 


Sec.-feet. 

544 
544 

272 


Acre-feet. 

33, 449 
30, 212 

16.725 


Sec.-feet. 

2.00 

2.00 

1.00 

.40 

.20 










Inches. 
2.31 


February _ . - . 






2.08 


March 






1.15 


April . 






109 ' 6.486 


.45 


May 






54 







27 


3. 320 







1,660 


.23 


June - 









July 









August 









September . 

October 
















November 







.10 





December . 






.12 










The year 






129 


91,852 


.48 


6 34 










1882. « 
January 






54 
1>63 

1,088 

272 

54 









27 

54 

27 


3,320 

9, 053 

66, 899 

16, 185 

3.320 









1,660 

3,213 

1,660 


.20 

.60 

4.00 

1.00 

.20 









.10 

.20 

.10 


.23 


February 






.62 


March 






4.61 


April - . . _ 






1.12 


May 






.23 


June 









July 









August - - - 









September ... . 









October 






.12 


November 






22 


December ... _ . 






.12 










The year 






145 


105, 310 


.53 


7.27 











"November and December, 1878, and from November, 1879, to October, 1884, inclusive, esti- 
mated from run-off of neighboring streams. 



90 CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no.81. 

Estimated monthly discharge, of Fresno Creek, etc. — Continued. 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Per 
square 
mile. 



Depth. 



188eS." 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December _ . 



The year _ 

1884. « 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August . _ . 

September 

October 



Sec-feet. 



Sec-feet. 



Sec-feet. 

82 

54 

272 

136 

109 

















Acre-feet. 

5, 042 

2, 999 

16.725 

8, 093 

6,702 

















Sec-feet. 

0.30 

.20 

1.00 

.50 

.40 

















54 



39, 561 



.20 



1,360 
1,632 

1,088 
816 
816 

272 

^7 







1,660 

78, 228 

100, 348 

64, 740 

50, 174 

48, 555 

16, 725 

1,660 







.10 
5.00 
6.00 
4.00 
3.00 
3.00 
1.00 

.10 





Inches. 

0.35 

.21 

1.15 

.56 

.46 















2.73 



.12 
5. 39 
6.92 
4.46 
3.46 
3.35 
1.15 

.12 





« November and December, 1878, and from November, 1879, to October, 1884, inclusive, 
mated from run-off of neighboring stream?. 

GAGE CANAL. 

See San Bernardino Valley, Gage canal. 



LIPPINCOTT.] 



DISCHARGE TABLES. 



91 



GATO CREEK. 

Gato Creek was measured by Charles J. Johansen for the Pacific 
Improvement Company, as given below. It was gagexl a short dis- 
tance above its junction with the Loma Abajo, and at the time of its 
measurement no water was being conveyed in the pipe line situated 
alonii; this stream. 



Dii^charge iiirasKiu'iiieiii^ of Gato Cre(^k\ Santo Barbara 


Count jj. 


Date. 


Hydrogi-apher. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Locality. 






^er.-feet. 




Feb. 7,1890 


Charles J. Johansen 


2. 20 


At month. 


Feb.- 14,1890 


do 


2.37 


Do. 


Feb. 27,1890 


do -- 


2.81 


Do. 


Mar. 2, 1890 


do 


2.05 


Do. 


Mar. 4, 1890 


do 


1.95 


Do. 


Mar. G, 1890 


do .- 


1.85 


Do. 


Mar. • 9, 1890 


do 


1.85 


Do. 


Mar. 11, 1890 ' 


do 


1.65 
1.55 
1.45 
1.36 
1.45 
1.36 
1.27 
1.09 
1.09 


Do. 


Mar. 13,1890 


do 


Do. 


Mar. 15,1890 


. .do - 


Do. 


Mar. 17,1890 


do... . .. . 


Do. 


Mar. 21,1890 


do ^ 


Do. 


Mar. 23,1890 


do 


Do. 


Mar. 25,1890 


.do 


Do. 


Mar. 27,1890 


-.do -. . 


Do. 


Mar. 29,1890 


do 


Do. 


Mar. 31,1890 


do 


1.00 
1.00 


Do. 


Apr. 2. 1890 


do 


Do. 


Apr. 4, 1890 


-do . 


.92 
.92 


Do. 


Apr. 6, 1890 


do 


Do. 


Apr. 8, 1890 


do 


.92 


Do. 


Apr. 10,1890 


do 


.83 
.83 


Do. 


Apr. 12,1890 


do 


Do. 


Apr. 14,1890 


do 


.76 
.76 

.68 
.76 


Do. 


Apr. 16,1890 


-. -do : 


Do. 


Apr. 17,1890 


do _... - 


Do. 


Apr. 18,1890 


do 


Do. 


Apr. 20,1890 


do 


.76 
.76 


Do. 


Apr. 22,1890 


do 


Do. 


Apr. 24,1890 


-.--do... 


.68 
.68 
.60 

.68 


Do. 


Apr. 26,1890 


do . 


Do. 


Apr. 28,1890 


do 


Do. 


Apr. 30,1890 


do - 


Do. 


May 2, 1890 


do 


.60 


Do. 



92 CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no, 81. 

Discharge measurements of Gato Creek, Santa Barbara County — Contimied. 



May 
May 
May 
May 
May 
May 
May 
May 
May 
May 
May 
May 
May 
May 
June 
June 
June 
June 
June 
June 
June 
June 
June 
June 
June 
June 
June 
June 
June 
July 
July 
July 
July 
July 
July 
July 
-July 
July 
July 
July 
July 



1890 
1890 
1890 
18D0 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 



Hydrographer. 



Charles J. Joliansen_ 
do 



_do . 
_do _ 
-do . 
.do _ 
.do - 
.do - 
-do . 
-do - 
_do _ 
-do . 
_do . 
_do . 
_do . 
.do . 
.do - 
.do - 
.do . 
_do . 
_do . 
_do . 
.do . 
.do . 
.do . 
.do . 
.do . 
.do . 
.do . 
.do - 
-do . 
.do . 
.do . 
.do . 
.do . 
-do . 
.do . 
.do . 
.do . 
.do . 
.do . 



Dis- 
charge. 



Sec-feet. 

0.68 
.68 
.60 
.53 
.53 
.46 
.53 
.46 
.46 
.59 
.59 
.58 
.56 
.56 
.54 
.49 
.50 
.49 
.44 
.50 
.45 
.50 
.58 
.50 
.49 
.44 
.47 
.45 
.42 
.44 
.49 
.34 
.35 
.32 
.34 
.34 
.35 
.33 
.35 



Locality. 



u mouth. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. * 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 



LiPPiNCOTT?.] GATO CREEK. 93 

Discharge measurements of Gato Creek, Santa Barbara County^-Continiied. 



Date. 



Hydrographer. 



Dis- 
charge. 



Locality. 



Jtily 

July 

July 

July 

Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 

Sept. 

Sept. 

Sept. 

Sept. 

Sept. 

Sept. 

Sept. 

Sept. 

Sept. 

Sept. 

Sept. 

Sept. 

Sept. 

Sept. 

Sept. 

Oct. 

Oct. 

Oct. 

Oct. 



25, 1890 

27, 1890 

29,1890 

31, 1890 

2, 1890 

4, 1890 

6, 1890 

8, 1890 

10, 1890 

12, 1890 

14, 1890 

15, 1890 

17, 1890 

19, 1890 

21, 1890 

23, 1890 

25, 1890 

27, 1890 

29, 1890 

31,1890 

2, 1890 

4, 1890 

6, 1890 

8, 1890 

10, 1890 

12, 1890 

14, 1890 

16, 1890 

18, 1890 

21,1890 

22, 1890 

24, 1890 

26, 1890 

28, 1890 

30, 1890 

2, 1890 

4, 1890 

6, 1890 

7,1890 



Charles J. Johansen . 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do .... 

do 

..._.do 

....-do 

do 

do 

.....do 

do 

.....do 

do 

do 

.....do 

do 

do 

do . 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do ... 

.._-do 

.__-do 

do 

do - 

do 

.-.-do 

...-do 

.--.do 

.-_-do 

....do 



Sec-feet. 

0.26 
.32 
.34 
.34 

.34 
.34 
.29 

.27 
.32 
.35 
.30 
.27 
.26 
.28 
.35 
.28 
.30 
.30 
.28 
.26 



.26 
.26 
.26 
.26 
. 22 
.22 
.26 
.30 
.22 
.22 
.22 
.37 
.60 
.42 
.35 
.30 
.30 



At mouth. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 



94 CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. 

GAZOO CREEK. 

Discharge measurements of Gazoo Creek, San Mateo County. 



[NO. 81. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Locality. 


Oct. 17, 1893 


W.W. Brier 


Sec-feet. 
1.85 


6 miles above mouth. 









GORMAN CREEK. 
See Pirn Creek, Gorman Creek. 

GREEN SPOT PIPE LINE. 

See Santa Ana River, Green Spot pipe line. 

GRINDSTONE CREEK. 

See Stony Creek, Grindstone Creek. 

GUBERNADOR CREEK. 

Discharge measurement of Gubernador Creek, Santa Barbara County. 



Hydi'ographev. 



Dis- 
(;liarge. 



Locality 



Aug. --, 1889 



G.F.Wriglit _ 



Sec-feet. 
0.58 



HAT CREEK. 

See Pit River, Hat Creek. 

HAWS AND TALMAGE DITCH. 

See San Bernardino Valley, Haws and Talmage ditcli. 
HONEY LAKE. 

Annnal inflow estimated by State (Engineering department 200,000 
acre-feet. 

HOUSE CREEK. 



See Tejon Honse C'reek. 



LIPPINCOTT.] 



DISCHARGE TABLES. 



95 



KAWEAH RIVER. 

Discharge ineasure7nents of Kaweah River, Tulare County. 



Hydrographer. 



Dis- 
charge. 



Locality. 



Nov. 20,1895 

Sept. 1,1898 
Sept. 6, 1899 
Sept. 3, 1900 
Nov. 20,1895 
Aug. 81,1898 

Sept. 1,1898 
Sept. 6, 1899 
Sept. 3, 1900 

Do 

Oct. 20, 1901 

Do 

Ang. 31,1898 

Sept. 6, 1899 

Sept. 3, 1900 

Do 

Aug. 31.1898 

Sept. G, 1899 

Sept. 3, 1900 

Sept. 1,1898 

Sept. 6,1899 

Sept. 1,1898 

Sept. 6,1899 

Sept. 25,1902 



Do 

Sepi. 26,1902 
Sept. 27,1902 

Do 

Do 



Do. 



J.B.Lippincott. 



-...do 

S.G.Bennett... 

do 

J.B.Lippincott. 
do 



do 

S. G. Bennett 

do 

do 

_._-do 

do 

J. B. Lippincott . 

S. G. Bennett 

do 

.__-do- 



J. B. Lippincott . 
S.G. Bennett.-^. 

do 

J. B. Lippincott . 
S.G.Bennett.__. 
J. B. Lippincott - 

S. G.Bennett 

E.T. Perkins ___. 



Sept. 28,1902 



._do - 
,.do_ 
.do. 
..do. 
..do. 

.do. 

-do. 



Sec-feet. 

70 

35 

41 

78.5 



18 
33 
72 
15 
52 



1.5 
8.1 
1 

4.5 
4.9 
6.7 
.3 
1.1 


4.3 



29 

20 

4 

15 

15.5 



Headworks above upjjer large 
power canal. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Iron bridge, wagon road. 

Southern Pacific branch rail- 
road bridge. 

Iron bridge, wagon road. 

Do. 

1 .000 feet below iron bridge. 

Watumna Canal at head-gutr. 

Iron bridge, 1,000 feet below. 

Watumna Canal. 

Kaweah irrigation and power 
ditch (Pogues lower ditch). 

Do. 

Do. 

Myers ditch al>ove Pognes upper 
ditch. 

Pogues upper ditch. 

Do. 

Do. 
North Fork at inouth. 

Do. 
South Fork canals. 

Do. 

North Fork at lower end Davis 
ranch. 

South Fork, 200 yards above 
bridge on road to Visalia. 

Middle Fork, :): mile above Se- 
quoia National Park' line. 

Middle Fork, 100 yards above 
junction with Marble Fork. 

Marble Fork, 100 yards above 
junction with Middle Fork. 

East Fork, |- mile above head- 
works Mount Whitney power 
plant. 

East Fork, 200 feet below head- 
works Mount Whitney power 
plant. 

East Fork. 100 yards below trail 
from Soldiers ' Camp to Tar Gap. 



96 



CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no. 81. 

Dificharge measurements of Kaweah River, Tulare County — Continued. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Locality. 






Sec-feet, 




Sept. 39,1902 


E. T. Perkins 


1 


South Fork, Horse Creek at 






lower end Hackett Meadows. 


Do 


do. 


2 


South Fork, lower end Sand 






Meadows. 


Sept. 27,1902 


L. M. Lawson 


33 


i mile above iron bridge. 


Sept. 29,1902 


do 


9.8 


South Fork, at Sequoia National 
Park line. 


Sept. 30,1902 


.do . 


31 


Middle Fork, 3 miles above 






Three Rivers. 


Sept. 10,1902 


R.McF.Doble 


31 


Middle Fork, i mile inside Se- 
quoia National Park line. 


Sept. 12,1902 


do 


18 


East Fork (total flow) ,1.600 feet 
from head of Mount Whitney 
Power Co. flume. 



Estimated monthly discharge of Kaweah River at Wachurmia Hill, Tidare County J 
[Drainage area, 619 square miles.] 



Mean dis- 
charge. 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Depth. 



1878. 



November ^ . 
December'^-. 



Second-feet, 

155 
155 



Acre-feet. 
9,223 
9,531 



Second-feet. 

0.25 

.25 



Inches. 

0.28 
.29 



1879. 



January ^ . _ _ 
February <' _ . 

March ^' 

April <-' 

May c 

June ^ 

July <^ ___-_-- - 

August ^' 

September '^ 

October^ 

November ^' _ 
December <' . _ 



248 

279 

402 

867 

774 

557 

124 

31 

31 

62 

124 

279 



15, 249 

15, 495 

24,718 

51,590 

47, 591 

33, 144 

7,624 

1,906 

1,845 

3,812 

7,379 

17, 155 



.40 
.45 
.65 
1.40 
1.25 
.90 
.20 
.05 
.05 
.10 
.20 
.45 



The year. 



315 



227, 508 



.51 



.46 

.47 

.75 

1.56 

1.44 

1.00 

.23 

.06 

.06 

.12 

.22 

.52 

6.89 



« Authority, California State engineering department. 

ti Estimated in part from rnn-off of neighboring streams. 

c Based in part on measurements and rod records near Three Rivers, 



LIPPINCOTT.] KAWEAH RIVER. 

Estimated monthly discharge of Kaiveah River, etc. — Continued. 



97 



1880. 



January « . . _ 
February « _ . 

March « . 

April «_ 

May « 

June".-. --- 

July « 

August ^ 

September ^ . 

October^ 

November '^ . 
December &. _ 



The year - 

January * . . . 
February ^ . _ 
March & . . _ 

April ^K 

May ^ "- 

June ^ 

July « 

August « 

September « . 

October" 

November « . 
December «-- 



1881. 



Mean dis- 
charge. 



The year _ 



d-feet. 

248 

310 

464 

!,352 

!,786 

1,900 

748 

155 

99 

50 

74 

871 



963 



526 

774 
619' 
393 
238 
990 
371 
155 
43 
74 
124 
279 



549 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Per square | 
mile. 



! 



Acre -feet. 

15, 249 

17,831 

28, 530 

189, 954 

171,304 

232, 066 

45, 685 

9,531 

5,891 

3,074 

4,408 

22,812 



696, 830 



32, 342 

42, 986 

38,061 

82, 889 

76, 122 

58, 909 

22, 812 

9,531 

2,559 

4,550 

7,379 

17,155 



Second-feet. 

0.40 

.50 

.75 

3.80 

4. 50 

6.30 

1.20 

.25 

.16 

.08 

.12 

.60 



395, 295 



1.56 



.85 

1.25 

1.00 

2.25 

2.00 

1.60 

.60 

.25 

.07 

.12 

.20 

.45 



Depth. 



Inches. 

0.46 

.54 

.86 

4.24 

5.19 

7.02 

1.38 

.29 

.18 

.09 

.13 



21.07 



1.30 

1.15 

2.51 

2.31 

1.79 

.69 

.29 

.08 

.14 



11.98 



a Based in part on measurements and rod records near Three Rivers. 
''Estimated in part from run-off of neighboring streams. 



IRR 81 — 03- 



98 CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no. 81. 

Estimated monthly discharge of Kaiaeah River, etc. — Continued. 



1882. 



January « . _ . 
February « . _ 

]^iarcll (' 

April ^' 

May^' 

June (' 

July & 

August ^ _ - _ 
September '^ . 

October ^ 

November ^' _ 
December '^_ . 



The year . 



1888. ^> 



January _ _ 
February _ 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August ___. 
September 

October 

November 
December . 



Mean dis- 
charge. 



Second-feet. 

155 

310 

464 

1,393 

3,228 

929 

743 

198 

93 

87 

124 

93 

568 



The year _ 



155 
124 
619 

■ 805 

1,021 

990 

402 

99 

74 

62 

74 

74 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Acre-feet. 

9,531 

17,217 

28, 530 

82, 889 

136, 994 

55,279 

45, 685 

12, 175 

5,534 

5,349 

7,379 

5,718 



375 j 



Per square 
mile. 



412, 280 



9, 531 

6,887 

38, 061 

47, 901 

62, 779 

58, 909 

24,718 

6,087 

4,403 

3,812 

4,403 

4-550 



Second-feet. 

0.25 

.50 



2. 25 

3.60 

1.50 

1.20 

.32 

.15 

.14 

.20 

.15 



272, 041 



.92 



.25 

.20 

1.00 

1.30 

1.65 

1.60 

.65 

.16 

.12 

.10 

.12 

.12 



.61 



Depth 



Indies. 

0.29 

.52 

.86 

2.51 

4.15 

1.67 

1.38 

.37 

.17 

.16 

. .22 

.17 



12.47 



.21 
1.15 

1.45 
1.90 
1.79 
.75 
.18 
.13 
.12 
.13 
.14 

8.24 



o Based in part on measurements and rod records near Three Rivers. 
b Estimated in part from run-o£f of neighboring streams. 



LippiNcoTT.] KAWEAH AT^D KERN RIVERS. 99 

Estiiiiated i)io)ithly discharge of Kuweah River, etc. — Continued. 



Mean dis- 
charge. 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Pex^scjuare ^^^,^^ 



1884/' 

January . _ 

February 

March 

April 

May - . 

June 

July 

August 

September _ _ . . . 

October 



Second-feet. 

248 

2,177 

2,290 

1,548 

2,847 

4,271 

3,497 

990 

495 

248 



Acre-feet. 

15, 249 

125 222 

140, 807 

92,112 

175, 055 

254, 142 

215,022 

60, 873 

29, 455 

15,249 



;cond-feet. 

0.40 
3.52 
3.70 
2.50 
4.60 
6.90 
5.65 
1.60 
.80 
.40 



0.46 
3.80 
4.27 
2.79 
5.30 
7.69 
6.51 
1.84 
.89 
.46 



« Estimated in part from run-oflE of neighboring streams. 

KERN RIVER. 

Tlie gaging' station on Kern River, established in 1<S93 by Mr. Walter 
Jones, chief engineer of the Kern County Land Company, is located 
at what is known as first point of measurement, 5 miles above Bakers- 
field. Meter measurements are taken once a week and an automatic 
gage records daily fluctuations of- the river heights. Mr. A. K. AYar- 
ren, the engineer in charge of this work 'for the Kern County Land 
Company, attends to the discharge measurements with much accuracy 
and precision, and furnishes the Surve}^ with the final results. 

Discharge Dieasurejuents of Kern River, Kern County. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Discharge. 


Locality. 






Second-feet. 




Feb. 10,1897 


J. B. Lipx)incott 


314 


Calloway Canal at second point 
of measurement. 


July 17,1898 


F.H. Olmsted 


5.3 


Menache Meadows, Tulare 
County. 


July 10,1898 


_do ._ . 


12.9 


South Fork at mouth, Kern 






County. 


July 11,1898 


do 


17.9 


Dj. 


July 13,1898 


do 


10.1 


South Fork, sec. 6-22-36, Kern 
County. 


July 10,1898 


do 


331 


North Fork at mouth, Kern 
County. 


June 29,1896 


J. B. Lippincott 


3, 004 


First point of measurement. 


Aug. 29,1898 


do 


116 


Do. 



100 CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no. 81. 

Dischar-ge measurements of Kern River, Kern County — Continued. 



Date. 


Hy drographer . 


Discharge. 


Locality. 






Second-feet. 




Sept. 2, 1899 


S. G. Bennett 


99 


First point of measurement. 


Ang. 30,1900 


A.K.Warren 


103 


Do. 


Oct. 7, 1902 


L.M. Lawson 


171 


Do. 


Feb. 10,1897 


J. B. Lippincott 


322 


Calloway Canal at first point of 
measurement. 


Sept. 2, 1899 


F.H.Olmsted 


99.22 


Kern River, first point of meas- 
urement. 


Jnne 19, 1900 


do 


1.32 


Basin Creek, Rankin's ranch. 






Walker's basin. 


June 20,1900 


.,.._do 


14.18 


South Fork of Kern River, 700 
feet above junction. 


Do 


_do 


1,333.17 


North Fork of Kern River, 






Hooper's Mill Bridge. 


June 21,1900 


do 


2.30 
2.92 


Bull Run Creek near mouth. 


June 22,1900 


do 


Tobias Creek near mouth. 


Do. -.-_ 


do 


.18 


Ant Creek at mouth; elevation. 






3,200 feet. 


Do 


__ _do 


3.45 


Salmon Creek at mouth. 


Do 


do 


.32 

5.82 


Corral Creek near mouth. 


June 23,1900 


do 


South Needles Creek at Needles 
Peak; elevation, 4,550 feet. 


Do 


do 


5.19 


Clark Creek, Dry Meadows. 

Jackson Creek, Dry Meadows. 

Wade Creek, Dry Meadows. 

North Needles Creek at Needles 
Peak. 


Do 


_do 


5.74 


Do 


do 


5.07 


June 24,1900 


do 


4.26 


Do 


do 


81 


Little Kern River at junction 
with Kern River. 






June 25,1900 


do 


2.87 


Tibbetts Creek, 1 mile above 
mouth. 


Do 


do 


8.45 
4.87 


Harris Creek at mouth. 


Do 


do 


One Mile Creek, 1 mile below 






Kern Lake. 


Do 


. .do 


1,154.90 


North Fork of Kern River, 3,000 






feet above junction with Little 
Kern River. 


Do 


do 


4.72 


Whitney Oreek at tunnel in 
divide. 


June 27,1900 


_do - . . 


39.11 


Whitney Creek at Lava bridge. 
Creek south of Bald Mountain; 


Do 


do 


17.64 






elevation, 6,560 feet. 


Do_ 


-do 


939. 60 


North Fork of Kern River, 800 






feet above Kern Lake. 


June 28.1900 


_do . 


3.67 


South Fork of Kern River, 






Manache Meadows. 


June 29, 1900 


-do 


1.80 


Tibbetts Creek; elevation, 8,300 






feet. 



LiPPiNooTT] KERN RIVER. 101 

Discharge measurements of Kern River, Kern County — Continued. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Discharge. 


Locality. 






Second-feet. 




June 29, 1900 


F. H.Olmsted 


1.04 


North Fork of Brush Creek; ele- 
vation, 5,800 feet. 


Do 


do -- _.. 


8.22 


Brush Creek above North Fork; 






elevation, 5,600 feet. 


June 30,1900' 


do 


825.25 


North Fork of Kern River, 4.000 
feet above junction with 
South Fork. 


Do 


do ■ 


4.05 


Salmon Creek, Horse Meadows; 






elevation, 7,700 feet. 


July 2,1900 


do . .. . 


11.05 


South Fork of Kern River, T. 




25 S., R. 35 E., Mount Diablo 
meridian; elevation, 2,920 feet. 


Do_...... 


do 


2.38 
1.96 


Powers Ditch near head. 


July 8,1900 


do 


Neil's Ditch, Isabella. 


Do 


do 


T.31 


Hooper's Mill Ditch at gaging 
station on Kern River. 


Oct. 4, 1902 


E. T. Perkins 


14 


Little Kern 100 yards above 
junction. 


Do 


do 


158 


100 yards above junction with 






Little Kern. 


Oct. 6, 1902 


do 


.5 


Brown's upper ditch at road 
crossing to Hot Springs. 






Do. 


do 


7 


Brown's main ditch at entrance 






to weir. 


Do 


-do _ . _...*.. 


1.5 


Stafford & Neal ditch above 
Kernville. 






Do 


do 


7.9 


Brown's lower ditch above 






dairy. 


Do 


do 


160 


Power Company's diversion, 
Kernville. 






Oct. 7, 1902 


do 


224 


i mile above mouth of Salmon 
Creek. 


Do 


do -._ 


.5 


Salmon Creek 50 yards above 
junction. 






Do 


do 


127 


Above gaging station, Kern 
River Power Co. 






Oct. 8, 1902 


do 


188 


i mile above powerhouse, Kern 
River Power Co. 






Do 


do 


236 


Below Clear Creek. 


Do 


do : 


201 


200 yards below junction South 
Fork. 






Do 


do 


18 


South Fork above junction. 

350 yards below bridge from 
Isabella to Kernville. 


Do 


do 


202 






Do 


do 


9 


Hooper ditch at bridge from 
Isabella to Kernville. 






Do 


do 


.6 


Lower Stafford ditch -V mile 






north of Staff ords ranch. 



102 CALIFORNIA HYDEOGRAPHY. [no. 81 

Discharge iiieosureuients of Ken i River, Kern Cotiiif/j — Coiitinned. 



Date. 


±Iy drograplier . 


Discliarge. 


Locality. 






Second-feet. 




Oct. 8, 1902 


E. T. Perkins 


0.7 


Lower Murphy ditch 75 yards 
above Weldon road crossing. 


Do 


do . - 


7 


South Fork at Weldon road 






crossing. 


Oct. 7, 1902 


L. M. Lawson 


174 


^ mile below mouth of canyon. 


Do 


do 


14 


Below intake of Power Com- 






pany's tunnel. 


Oct. 8, 1902 


. _do 


179 


Democrat Springs 200 feet below 
hotel at springs. 







Estimated viontltly discliarge of Ksrn River at Rio Bravo ranch, Kern County. C' 
[Drainage area, 2,345 square miles.] 





Discharge. 


Total dis- 
charge. 


Run-oflf. 


Month. 


Maximum. 


Minimum. 


Mean. 


Per 

square 
mile. 


Depth. 


1878. 
November. . . _ .. . 


Sec-feet. 


Sec-feet. 


Sec-feet. 
400 


Acre-feet. 
23,802 


Sec-feet. 
0.17 


Inches. 
0.19 


December 






350 


21,521 


.15 


.17 










1879. 






$ 








January l . 


686 


389 


462 


28, 407 


.20 


.23 


February 


745 


466 


591 


32, 822 


.25 


.26 


March 


659 


510 


552 


33, 941 


.24 


.28 


April 


1,054 


661 


764 


45,461 


.33 


.37 


May 


1,231 


680 


927 


56,999 


.40 


.46 


June 


1,190 


812 


971 


57,779 


.41 


.46 


July 


865 


386 


535 


32, 896 


.23 


.27 


August 


387 


168 


266 


16, 356 


.11 


.13 


September 


174 


146 


171 


10, 175 


.07 


.08 


October 


210 


145 


182 


11,191 


.08 


.09 


November 


325 

650 


184 
280 


261 
356 


15,531 
21,890 


.11 
.15 


.12 


December . . _ _ ... 


.17 






The year 


1,231 

■ 


145 


503 


363,448 


..22 


2.92 



"Authority, California State engineering department, from Novembei', 1878, to Octobei*, 1884, 
inclusive. 



LippiNcoTT.l KERN EIVER. 103 

Estiniatcd moiitJilij (Uschatyc of Kerii River, t^fr.— Continued. 

Run-off. 



Month. 



Discharge. 



Maximum. 



Minimum. 



Mean. 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Per 

square 
mile. 



1880. 

January - 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July . . 

August 

September . . _ 

October . 

November- __:_ 
December 

The year 

1881. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June - 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 

The year 



Sec. -feet. 

410 

380 

385 

3, 320 

3, 560 

4,070 

3, 140 

1,500 

846 

794 

830 

1,480 



4,070 



Sec-feet. 

315 

315 

349 

395 

1,615 

2,740 

1,550 

840 

710 

722 

695 

790 



1,640 

2,970 

2,100 

2,612 

2,710 

2, 390 

1,520 

1,200 

420 

360 

360 

410 



2,970 



■.-feet. 
354 
370 
389 
, 557 
,659 
,317 
,196 
,060 
767 
758 
767 
,063 



Acre-feet. 

21,767 

21,283 

23,919 

92, 648 

163, 496 

197, 375 

135,027 

65, 177 

45,640 

46, 608 

45, 640 

65, 361 



315 



1,271 



923, 941 



950 

1,430 

1,400 

2,100 

2,060 

1,475 

710 

420 

320 

310 

.300 

320 



1,078 

1,773 

1,570 

2,2«8 

2,362 

1,890 

1,126 

627 

361 

333 

337 

350 



■ 96, 

136, 

145, 

112, 

69, 

38, 

21, 

20, 

20, 

21, 



284 
467 
536 
145 
234 
463 
235 
553 
481 
475 
053 
521 



300 



1,175 



846, 447 



Sec. -feet. 

0.15 

.16 

.17 

.66 

1.13 

1.41 

.94 

.45 

.33 

.32 

.33 

.45 



.54 



.46 



.98 I 
1.01 
.81 
.48 
.27 
.15 
.14 
.14 
.15 



.50 



104 CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no. 81. 

Estimated monthly discharge of Kern River, etc. — Continued. 



1882. 



January .. 
February . 

March 

April 

May 

June 



July 

August 

September __ 

October 

November «. 
December « _ 



The year . 

1883. f< 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May _ . - _ J 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 



The year . 



Discharge. 



Sec. -feet. 

380 
510 
1,260 
1,670 
2,000 
1,990 
1,110 



Sec-feet. 
310 
360 
440 
920 
1,420 
900 
450 



■■■feet. 
335 
395 
600 
,174 
,670 
,306 
726 
330 
330 
330 
280 



646 



280 

350 

700 

1,170 

1,410 

1,170 

940 

470 

350 

280 

200 

200 



627 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Acre-feet. 

20, 598 
21,937 
36, 893 
69, 858 
102, 684 
77,712 
44, 640 
20,291 
19, 636 
20,291 
16,661 
17,217 



8,418 



17,217 
19,438 
43, 041 
69, 620 
86, 697 
69, 620 
57, 798 
28, 899 
20, 826 
17,217 
11,901 
12, 298 



454, 572 



Per 
square 
mile. 



Sec. feet. 

0.14 
.17 
.26 
.50 
.71 
.56 
.31 
.14 
.14 
.14 
.12 
.12 



.28 



a Estimated from previous measurements and from mm -off of neighboring steams. 



LIPPINCOTT.] KERN RIVER. 

Estimated nionthly discharge of Kern River, ei^c— Continued. 



105 





Discharge. 


Total dis- 
charge. 


Run-off. 


Month. 


Maximum. 


Minimum. 


Mean. 


Per 
square 
mile. 


Depth. 


1884. « 
January 


Sec-feet. 


Sec-feet. 


Sec. -feet. 

350 

470 

. 940 

1,980 

5,860 

9,380 

5,860 

2, 350 

940 

470 


Acre-feet. 

21,521 
27,035 

57, 798 
117,818 
360,317 
558, 149 
360, 317 
144, 496 
55,934 
28, 899 


Sec-feet. 

0.15 
.20 
.40 
.84 

2.50 

4 

2. 50 

1 
.40 
.20 


Inches. 
0.17 


February 






.22 


March . . _. - 






.46 


April - - 






.94 


May 






2.88 


June 






4.46 


July 






2.88 


August - 






1.15 


September . 






.45 


October 






.23 











"Estimated from previous measurements and from run-off of neighboring streams. 

Estimated monthly discharge of Kern River at first point of measurement.^ 
[Drainage area, 2,345 square miles.] 



1893. 

October 

November 

December 



1894. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 



The year . 



, Discharge. 



Maximum. Minimum, 



Sec-feet. 

554 
559 
590 



741 
114 
443 
892 
,208 
,719 
,051 
549 
382 
263 
268 
805 



2,208 



Sec-feet. 

517 
467 
430 



562 

604 

762 

1,209 

1,228 
871 
400 
256 
172 
224 
230 
234 



172 



Sec-feet. 

534 
518 
516 



661 

717 

1,001 

1,495 

1,607 

1,085 

700 

335 

248 

279 

244 

470 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Acre-feet. 

32,861 
30, 827 
31,757 



644 

817 
541 
952 
798 
557 
036 
565 
756 
178 
500 



37 533, 252 



Per ! 
square i Depth, 
mile. 



'c-feef. 

0.23 



.31 



Incites. 

0.26 
.24 
.25 



.32 
.32 
.65 
.71 
.79 
.51 
.34 
.16 
.12 
.14 
.11 
.23 



4.40 



?' Authority, Kern County Land Company. 



106 CALIFOENIA HYDROGRAPHY, [no. 81. 

Esfiniatcd nioiitJiI/j disclnirge of Kern River, etc.- — Continued. 



1895. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June-- 

July 

August 

September 

October . 

November 

December 

The year 

1896. 

January 

February 

March . - 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December - - . - _ 

The year 



Discharge. 



Sec-feet. 

1,616- 

4,762 

3,004 

3, 897 

5,384 

3, 721 

2,063 

1,073 

676 

612 

436 

447 



5,384 



3,101 

798 

2,089 

1,263 

3,370 

3,611 

2,210 

741 

473 

425 

416 

426 



3,611 



Sec-feet. 

473 
675 

987 

1, 911 

3,100 

2,174 

867 

354 

290 

276 

308 

368 



276 



377 
559 
652 
766 
934 
1,244 
741 
353 
234 
223 
288 
313 



223 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Sec-feet. 

809 

1,252 

1,374 

2 724 

4,369 

2,906 

1,482 

629 

344 

327 

346 

403 



1,413 



• 747 

617 

951 

972 

1,401 

2,456 

1,316 

486 

304 

267 

355 

347 

854 



Acre-feet. 

49, 762 

69, 536 

84, 437 

162, 076 

268, 608 

172,919 

91,113 

38,665 

20, 469 

20, 106 

20, 588 

24, 779 



1,023,058 



45, 931 
35,489 
58,475 
57,838 
86, 144 
146, 142 
82, 762 
29,883 
18,089 
16,417 
21,124 
21,336 



619,630 



Per 

square 
mile. 



Sec-feet. 

0.34 

.53 

.59 

1.16 

1.86 

1.24 

.63 

.27 

.15 

.14 

.15 

.17 



.60 



.32 
.26 
.41 
.41 
.60 
1.05 
.57 
.21 
.13 
.11 
.15 
.15 



LTPPTNOOTT] KERN" RIVER. 107 

Esthiuitcd iiioittJily disclunye of Kern River, etc. — Continued. 



1897. 

January .-_ 

February 

March . _ 

April - - - 

May 

June - 

Jnlj 

August 

September 

October 

November 

Deceml^er 

The year 

1898. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 

The year 



Discharge. 




Run-off. 


Maximum. 


Minimum. 


Mean. 


Total dis- 
charge. 


Per 
square 
mile. 


Depth. 


Sec-feet. 


fW:-feet. 


Sec. -feet. 


Acre-feet. 


Sec-feet. 


Inches. 


882 


305 


373 


22, 935 


0.16 


0.18 


2,30G 


516 


809 


44, 930 


.35 


.36 


2,044 


688 


923 


56, 753 


.39 


.45 


4,410 


1,094 


2,914 


173, 395 


1.24 


1.38 


5,342 


4, 054 


4, 580 


281,613 


1.95 


2.25 


4, 352 


1,289 


2,309 


137, 395 


.98 


1.09 


1,536 


644 


1,006 


61,857 


.43 


.49 


671 


338 


469 


28,838 


.20 


.23 


363 


260 


295 


17, 554 


.13 


.14 


441 


278 


340 


20, 906 


.15 


.17 


477 


289 


355 


21,124 


.15 


.17 


1,023 


327 


422 


25, 948 


.18 


.21 


5,342 


260 


1,234 


893, 248 


.58 


7.12 


400 


311 


363 


22, 320 


.15 


.17 


923 


316 


434 


24, 103 


.19 


.CO 


485 


304 


388 


' 23,857 


.17 


.20 


1,342 


371 


710 


42, 247 


.30 


.33 


980 


560 


735 


45. 193 


.81 


.36 


686 


394 


551 


32, 786 


.23 


.26 


416 


127 


244 


15,003 


.10 


.12 


142 


86 


120 


7,378 


.05 


.06 


294 


80 


116 


6, 902 


.05 


.06 


232 


127 


160 


9,838 


.07 


.08 


188 


136 


166 


9,877 


.07 


.08 


314 


147 


199 


12, 236 


.08 


.09 


1,342 


80 


348 


251,743 


.15 


2.01 



108 'CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no.81. 

Estirnated monthly discharge of Kern River, etc. — Continued. 



1899. 
January _ _ _ . _ - 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 

The year 

1900. 

January 

February 

March _ 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August . . - 

September 

October 

November 

December 

The year 



Discharge. 



Maximiini. Minimiim. 



flee. -feet. 

361 
365 

4,932 

1,167 

1,302 

2,230 

894 

240 

117 

229 

385 

781 



4,932 



,048 
329 
502 
592 

,969 

,878 
850 
217 
270 
186 

,339 
445 



Sec-feet. 

182 

258 

247 

593 

576 

809 

229 

99 

89 

86 

183 

182 



266 
238 
307 
387 
449 
. 841 
202 
101 
106 
137 
161 



101 



Sec. -feet. 

263 
302 
590 

893 
835 
1,331 
489 
156 
105 
160 
221 
277 



468 



362 

280 
413 
472 
1,111 
1,283 
392 
144 
166 
160 
349 
373 



459 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Acre-feet. 

16,172 

16, 772 

36, 278 

53, 138 

51,342 

79, 200 

30, 057 

9, 592 

6, 257 

9,838 

13,151 

17,032 



338, 829 



22, 259 
15, 550 
25, 394 

28, 086 
68,312 
76, 344 
24, 103 

. 8,854 

9,878 

9,838 

20, 767 

22, 934 



Run-off. 



Sec-feet. 

0.11 
.13 
.25 
.38 
.36 
.57 
.21 
.07 
.04 
.07 
.09 

1.18 



332, 319 



.29 



.15 
.12 

.18 
.20 
.47 
. 55 
.17 
.06 
.07 
.07 
.15 
.16 



.20 



LippiNCOTT] KERN AND KING RIVEES. 109 

Estimated monthly discharge of Kern River, etc. — Continued. 



Discharg 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Run-off. 



Per 
square 
mile. 



Depth. 



1901. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September .-_. 

October 

November ... 
December 

The year 



Sec-feet. 

2,049 

1,963 

1,658 

2,632 

4,419 

4,332 

3, 856 

1,804 

526 

756 

421 

457 



See. -feet. 

226 

342 

901 

637 

2,091 

2, 455 

1,120 

505 

349 

259 

343 

268 



-feet. 
493 
860 
270 
398 
032 
324 



345 
317 
377 
323 



Acre- feet. 

30,313 

47, 762 

78, 089 

83, 187 

186,430 

197, 792 

114,163 

59, 520 

20, 529 

19, 492 

22, 433 

19, 860 



Sec.-feet. 

0.21 

.37 

.54 

.60 

1.29 

1.42 

.80 

.41 

.15 

.14 

.16 

.14 



Inches. 

0.24 
.39 
.62 
.67 
1.49 
1.58 
.92 
.47 
.17 
.16 
.18 
.16 



4,419 



226 



1,216 



0,020 



.52 



7.05 



KING RIVER. 

Tills river rises on the western slope of the Siejra Nevada in Fresno 
Connty, Cal. The waters coming from the high catchment basin are 
probably of greater valne for irrigation purj)oses than those of any 
other stream in central California, being nsed exclusively for the 
raising of grapes and deciduous fruits in the neighborhood of Fresno, 
Selma, and Hanford. The summer flow of this river is now entirely 
diverted, and during the dry season of the last few years the scarcity 
of water has worked many hardships. There is a large surplus of 
water in this river in the spring, due to the melting of snows, which 
is now going to waste, and which, if stored in suitable reservoirs, would 
bring larger areas under cultivation. The mountainous basin of this 
river has been systematically explored for reservoir sites. For a 
detailed statement concerning the hydrography of King River, see 
AVater-Supply Paper No. 58, by J. B. Lippincott. Two gaging sta- 
tions were formerly maintained on the river, one at Red Mountain 
and the other at Kingsburg, Cal. The station at Red Mountain, 
established September 3, 1895, is located 15 miles east of Sanger, Cal., 
and southwest of Red Mountain. The station is on Avhat is called 
"the lower section of No. 9" of the lumber flume. It is located at 
the mouth of the can^'on, above all diversions. The bed of the stream 
is of gravel, and few changes have been noticed in the cross section 
since the establishment of the station. 



110 OALIFOEIS^IA HYDEOGRAPHY. 

Discharge vieasureincnts of King Biver, Fresno County. 



[NO. 81. 



June 20,1900 



Aiig. 31,1898 

Sept. 4, 1899 
Sept. 4, 1900 
Sept. 24,1902 

Do ...,__ . 



Sept. 4, 1899 

Do 

Sept. 4, 1900 

Sept. 27,1900 

Sept. 4, 1899 

Sept. 4, 1900 

Sept. 24,1902 

Sept. 17,1902 

Do 

Do 

Sept. 18,1902 

Do 



Do_ 
Do. 



Do 

Sept. 22,1902 

Do 

Do 



Do 

Sept. 23,1902 

Sept. 22,1902 
Sept. 24,1902 



Hydrographer. 



E.G. Hamilton . 



J.B.Lippincott- 

S. G.Bennett --- 

do 

L. M.Lawson _ . 



.do . 



S. G. Bennett . 

do 

do 

do .._..__ 

do 

do 

L. M. Lawson 

E.T.PerkhiH _ 



.do . 
_do - 
.do . 

_do . 

.do . 
.do . 

_do . 

_do . 

.do _ 

-do _ 

-do . 
-do . 



L. M.Lawson. 
do 



Gage 
height. 



Discharge. 



Scc.-fi^et. 
21.7 



164 

151 
229 
121 

Dry. 

Dry. 

2 

84 
1 
.3 
Dry. 

4.8 

3.5 

1.5 
1.5 

7.2 

3 

5 

2 

75 



29 



1.5 

11 



35 
31 



Locality. 



Boulder Creek— Crossing 
of ufjper trail from Kings 
River Canyon to Bear- 
skin Meadow. 

Church ditch (Fresno Ca- 
nal) , near head. 

Do. 

Do. 

Church ditch at road cross- 
ing. 

Fowler Switch Canal, near 
head. 

Do. 
Gould Canal, near head. 

Do. 

Do. 
Kingsburg Canal at head. 

Do. 

Kingsburg Canal at road 
crossing. 

Dinkey Creek, 75 yards be- 
low bridge. 

Bear Creek. 

Deer Creek. 

North Fork, 100 yards 
above trail crossing. 

North Fork Creek below 
Crown Meadow. 

North Fork, Crown Creek. 

North Fork, Blue Canyon 
Creek. 

Middle Fork at Simpson 
Meadow. 

Bubbs Creek, 100 yards 
above junction. 

South Fork, 100 yards be- 
low trail crossing. 

Granite Creek, 50 yards 
above bridge on trail 
crossing. 

Copper Creek. 

Roaring Creek at trail 
crossing. 

North Fork at mouth. 

'76 Canal at Trimmer 
Springs road crossing. 



LippjNcoTT.] KING RIVER. Ill 

Discharge ineasurements of King River, Fresno Countfj — Continued. 



Date. 


Hydrograplier. 


Gage 
height. 


Discharge. 


Locality. 






Feet. 


Sec. -feet. 




Sept. 22,1902 


L.M.Lawson 




2 


Enterprise Canal at Trim- 
mer Springs road cross- 














ing. 


Sept. 25,1902 


do 




74 


At bridge, 1 mile north of 
Reedley. 






Jan. 10,1895 


A. P. Davis 


6 


1,830 


Kingsburg.« 


Mar. 23,189o 


J. B. Lippincott 


4.1 


500 


Do. 


Dec* 2,1895 


do _... 


3.3 

5.7 


407 

1,883 


Do. 


Apr. 11,1896 


J. A. Vogelson 


Do. 


Feb. 11,1897 


J . B . Lippincott 


5.6 


905 


Do. 


Apr. 6, 1897 


do 


5.2 


825 


Do. 


June 3, 1897 


do .. 


8.6 
5.2 


5,959 
503 


Do. 


July 17,1897 


do 


Do. 


Sept. 10,1897 


A. Q. Campbell.,... 


3.2 


221 


Do. 


Nov. 3, 1897 


do 


4.8 


■465 


Do. 


Dec. 23,1897 


J. B. Lippincott 


4.8 


522 


Do. 


May 28,1898 


do 


6.2 


1,026 


Do. 


Apr. 21,1898 


do 


6.6 


1,658 


Do. 


July 26,1898 


do ... 


3.9 


305 


Do. 


Aug. 30,1898 


do 


3.4 


94 


Do. 


Sept. 26,1902 


L.M.Lawson ._ 




117 
11,6 


Do. 


June 19,1900 


E.G.Hamilton 




Long Valley, 300 feet be- 








low junction of Ten- 
mile Creek. 


Aug. 26,1900 


H.E.Green 




153 

6.8 


Middle Fork at Tehipiti. 


May 23,1900 


E.G.Hamilton 




Mill Creek, sec. 13, T. 13 








S.,R.24E. 


Aug. 19,1900 


do _ 




4.3 


North Fork, Dusy Mead- 










ows. 


Sept. —,1900 


J. S. Eastwood. .. 




15 
524 


North Fork. 


Sept. 3, 1895 


A.P.Davis 


4.3 


Red Mountain. 


Nov. 24,1895 


J. B. Lippincott 


3.8 


248 


Do. 


Apr. 12,1896 


J. A. Vogelson 


6.35 


1,745 


Do. 


June 12,1896 


J. B. Lippincott 


10.85 


15, 941 


Do. 


Nov. 1,1896 


do 


4.2 


404 


Do. 


Feb. 13,1897 


do 


5.2 


1,021 


Do. 


Apr. 5, 1897 


do 


6.82 


2,047 


Do. 


June 1,1897 


do 


10.02 


8,838 


Do. 


July 15,1897 


A.Q.Camx^bell... 


7.17 


3, 333 


Do. 


Sept. 9,1897 


do 


4.1 


295 


Do. 


"Grade of rivei 
below. 


• at Kingsbiirj? affected 


by divers 


ion dam of 


Last Chance Company, 2 miles 



112 CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no. 81, 

Discharge measureiiienta of King River, Fresno County — Continued. 



Nov. 
Dec. 
Apr. 
May 
July 
Aug. 
Dec. 
Apr. 
May 
June 
June 
Aug. 
Sept. 
Dec. 
Apr. 
May 
June 
Aug. 
Sept. 
Sept. 
Dec. 
Jan. 
Feb. 
Apr. 
May 
July 
Oct. 
Sept. 
Oct. 



20 



Sept. 4, 
Sept. 4 
June 25 
Sept. 2, 
Dec. 23 



1897 
1897 
1898 
1898 
1898 
1898 
1898 
1899 
1899 
1899 
1899 
1899 
1899 
1899 
1900 
1900 
1900 
1900 
1900 
1900 
1900 
1901 
1901 
1901 
1901 
1901 
1901 
1902 
1900 

1899 
1900 
1895 
1895 
1897 



Hydrographer. hei^t. Discharge 



A.Q.Campbell ..- 
J. B. Lippincott . _ _ 

do 

.__,.do 

do 

do 

do 

S. G. Bennett 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

J. B. Lippincott _ - 

S.G.Bennett 

do 



do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

J. B. Lippincott 
S.G.Bennett ___ 

do 

do 

H.E.Green 



S. G. Bennett 

do 

J. B. Lippincott _ . 

A. P. Davis 

J. B. Lippincott - . 



13.9 
9.5 
4.9 



515 

4,943 

2,672 

503 

244 

2,444 

5,409 

4,422 

3,954 

3,049 

608 

206 

458 

2,035 

6,436 

5,072 

427 

405 

220 

576 

991 

3,593 

1,915 

10,869 

3,179 

301 

217 

346 

Dry. 

Dry. 

10, 307 

525 

522 



Locality. 



Red Mountain. 

Do. ' 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

South Fork, jtist below 
junction of Middle Fork. 

" 76 " ditch at head. 

Do. 
Suspension bridge. 

Do. 

Do. 



LIPPINCOTT.] 



KING RIVER. 



113 



Estimated monthly discharge of King River at Slate Point, Fresno County J^ 
[Drainage area, 1,742 square miles.] 



187 



November . 
December . 



1879. 



January . . _ 
February . 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August __- 
September 
October . . . 
November _ 
December . 



The year . 



1880. 



January .. 
February .. 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 
December . 



The year . 



Mean dis- 
charge. 



Sci-.-feet. 

300 
290 



870 
870 
970 
750 
090 
760 
(550 
380 
270 
280 
400 
440 



1,769 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Acre-feet. 
17,851 
17,831 



22 

48, 

121, 

282, 

312, 

223, 

101, 

23, 

16, 

17, 

23, 

88, 



1,281,998 



720 

1,040 

1,120 

5, 230 

7,120 

9,540 

4,800 

1,150 

370 

220 

220 

510 



44, 

59, 

68, 

311, 

437, 

567, 

295, 

70, 

22 

13, 

13, 

31, 



271 
821 
866 
207 
792 
669 
141 
711 
017 
527 
091 
359 



3,670 



1,935,472 



Rnn-ofi". 



Per square 
mile. 



Sec. -feet. 
0.17 

.17 



.21 

.50 

1.13 

2.92 
2.16 
.95 
22 
.15 
.16 
.23 
.83 



1.02 



.41 

.60 

.64 

3.00 

4.09 

5.48 

2.76 

.66 

.21 

.13 

.13 

.29 



1.53 



IRR 81—03- 



« Authority, California State engineer. 

-8 



Depth. 



Inches. - 

0.19 

.20 



114 CALIFORNIA HyDROGRAPHY. [no.81. 

Estimated monthly discharge of King River, e^c— Continued. 







Run-off. 


Mean dis- 
charge. 


Total dis- 
charge. 






Per square 
mile. 


Depth. 


Sec-feet. 


Acre-feet. 


Sec-feet. 


Inches. 


870 


53, 494 


0. 50 


0.58 


2,430 


134, 955 


1.39 


1.45 


1,900 


116,826 


1.09 


1.26 


5, 800 


345, 124 


3.33 


3.71 


8,220 


505,428 


4.72 


5.44 


5, 010 


298,116 


2.88 


3.21 


4, 790 


294, 526 


2.75 


3.17 


650 


39,967 


.37 


.43 


340 


20,231 


.20 


.22 


250 


15,372 


.14 


.16 


230 


13,686 


.13 


.15 


260 


15,987 


.15 


.17 


2,562 


1,853,712 


1.47 


19.95 


380 


23, 365 


.22 


.25 


440 


24, 436 


.25 


.26 


1,250 


76,859 


.72 


.83 


3, 170 


188, 628 


1.82 


2.03 


9,190 


565,071 


5. 28 


6.08 


6,410 


381,421 


3.68 


4.11 


2,020 


124,205 


1.16 


1.34 


020 


38, 122 


.36 


.42 


390 


23,207 


.22 


.25 


610 


37,507 


.35 


.40 


470 


27, 967 


.27 


.30 


340 


20, 906 


.20 


.23 


2, 107 


1,531,694 


1.21 


16.46 



1881. 



January __. 
February _. 

March 

April 7. 

May 

June 

Jnly 

August 

September . 

October 

November . 
December . 



The year . 



1882. 



January _ . _ 
February . 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August - . - 
September 
October . . . 
November _ 
December _ 



The year . 



LippiNCOTT] KING RIVER. 115 

Estimated nionthly discharge of King River-, etc. — Continued. 



Mean dis- 
charge. 



Total dis- 
cliarge. 



Per square 
mile. 



Depth. 



1883, 

January 

February 

March 

April _. 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November. 

December ...... 

The year 

1884, 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October . 



Sec-feet. 

320 

340 

1,050 

2 220 

6,700 

6,730 

1,460 

600 

480 

420 

260 

220 



Acre-feet. 

19,676 

18, 883 

64, 562 

132,099 

411,967 

400, 463 

89, 772 

36, 893 

28, 562 

25, 825 

15,471 

13,527 



Sec.-feet. 

0.18 

.20 

.60 

1.27 

3.85 

3.86 

.84 

.34 

.28 

.24 

.15 

.13 



1,733 



1,257,700 



430 

2,620 

3,610 

3,370 

9,210 

17,630 

13,210 

3, 570 

880 

900 



26, 440 

150, 704 

221,970 

200, 529 

566, 301 

1,049,058 

812,251 

219,511 

52, 364 

55, 339 



.25 

1.50 
2.07 
1.93 
5.29 
10.12 
7.^8 
2.05 
.51 



Inches. 

0.21 

.21 

.69 

1.42 

4.44 

4.31 

.97 

.39 

.31 

.28 

.17 

.15 



13.55 



.29 

1.62 

2.39 

2.15 

6.09 

11.29 

8.74 

2.36 

.57 

.60 



116 CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no. 81. 

Estimated vionthly discharge of King River at Red Mountain, Fresno County J^ 

[Drainage area, 1,743 square miles.] 



Discliar ge. 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Run-off. 



Per 
square 
mile. 



1895. 

September 

October 

November 

December 

The year 

1896. 

January 

February . 

March . . 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 

The year 

1897. 

January 

February 

March 

April _, 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 

The year 



Sec-feet. Sec-feet. 
3, 920 360 



520 

1,834 

520 



3,920 



11,020 

1,140 

7,020 

4,600 

22, 100 

18, 920 

6,680 

1,212 

590 

510 

1,076 

550 



22,100 



624 

6,344 

4,408 

9, 380 

22, 732 

10, 580 

4,040 

1,100 

480 

572 

2,520 

8,348 



22, 732 



320 

250 
250 



Sec-feet. 

778 
371 
368 
328 



Acre-feet. 
46, 294 
22,812 
21,898 
20, 168 



Sec-feet. 

0.45 
.21 
.21 
.19 



250 



461 



111,172 



.27 



390 

728 



1,140 
5,160 
1,212 
590 
390 
310 
390 
470 



1,474.8 

825.4 

1,710.6 

1,938.5 

5,918.1 

12,737.3 

3, 742. 2 

795.9 

491.3 

350 

538.5 

498.4 



90, 682 

47, 477 

105,181 

115,349 

363, 890 

757, 922 

230, 110 

48, 938 

29, 234 

21,520 

32, 043 

30, 645 



.85 

.47 

.98 

1.11 

3.40 

7.31 

2.15 

.45 

.28 

.20 

.31 

.29 



310 



2,585.1 



1,872,991 



1.48 



360 

1,100 

1,240 

1,930 

6,344 

2,520 

1,036 

440 

250 

270 

360 

572 



437 

1,631 

1,884 

5,318 

14, 470 

6,145 

2,177 

739 

329 

394 

692 

985 



26,870 

90, 581 

115,843 

316, 442 

889, 731 

365, 652 

133, 859 

45, 440 

19, 577 

24, 226 

41,177 

60, 566 



.25 

.92 

1.06 

2.99 

8.15 

3.45 

1.22 

.42 

.18 

.22 

.39 

.55 



250 



2,933 



2, 129, 964 



1.65 



« Authority, United States Geological Survey. 



LippiNCOTT] KING RIVEK. 117 

Estimated monthly discharge of King River, etc. — Continued. 





Discharge. 




Total dis- 
charge. 


Run-off. 


Maximum. 


Minimum. 


Mean. 


Per 

square 
mile. 


Depth. 


Sec. -feet. 


Sec-feet. 


Sec-feet. 


Acre-feet. 


Sec-feet. 


Inches. 


624 


440 


506 


31,113 


0.29 


0.33 


1,1"0 


480 


705 


39, 154 


.40 


.41 


1,170 


520 


895 


55,032 


.50 


.58 


7,820 


1,036 


3, 547 


211,061 


2.00 


2.23 


G,520 


2,450 


3, 536 


217, 422 


1.99 


2.29 


3,280 


1,310 


2 122 


126, 267 


1.20 


1.34 


1,310 


440 


696 


42, 796 


.39 


.45 


400 


215 


320 


19,676 


.18 


.21 


780 


145 


204 


12,139 


.12 


.13 


728 


215 


320 


19, 676 


.18 


.21 


285 


215 


231 


13,745 


.13 


.14 


1,450 


180 


315 


19,369 


.18 


.21 


7,820 


145 


1,116 


807, 450 


.63 


8.53 


1,310 


250 


513 


31,543 


.29 


.33 


1,036 


440 


660 


36, 655 


.37 


.39 


20, 200 


624 


2, 165 


133, 121 


1.22 


1.41 


7,300 


1,834 


4,512 


268,483 


2.54 


2.83 


4,780 


1,450 


3,568 


219, 388 


2.01 


2.32 


10, 300 


2, 852 


6,077 


361,607 


3.42 


3.81 


2, 852 


- 676 


1,411 


86, 759 


.79 


.91 


624 


250 


411 


25, 271 


.23 


.26 


285 


180 


215 


12, 793 


.12 


.13 


1,205 


180 


378 


23 242 


.21 


.24 


1,240 


345 


638 


37, 964 


.36 


.40 


5,096 


400 


991 


60, 934 


.56 


.64 


20, 200 


180 


1,795 


1,297,760 


1.01 


13.67 



1898. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 

The year 

1899. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June _ _ 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 

The year 



118 CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no.81. 

Estimated monthly discharge of King River, etc. — Continued. 



1900. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May . 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 

The year 

1901. 

January _. 

February 

March 

April . . 

May 

June . - - 

July 

August . 

September 

October 

November . 

December 

The year 



Discharge. 



■>ec.-feet 

12,700 

849 

2, 584 

2, 852 

9,400 

7,900 

2,584 

624 

520 

440 

15, 700 

972 



15, 700 



43, 930 

7,040 

4,490 

10, 840 

21,830 

21,180 

13, 240 

6,260 

780 

2, 034 

1,450 

1,170 



43, 930 



Sec. -feet. 

849 
676 

728 

1,546 

1,930 

2,986 

572 

250 

215 

215 

250 

572 

215 



Total dis- 
charge 



520 

1 , 040 

2, 034 

1,642 

5, 548 

7,040 

3, 280 

728 

440 

360 

480 

440 



Sec. -feet. 

1,689 

748 

1,712 

2,098 

5,881 

5, 127 

1,278 

398 

301 

309 

1,310 

726 



1, 



4,337 

3,319 

2, 965 

4,492 

11,093 

14, 363 

6, 258 

2 292 

534 

535 

694 

668 



4,296 



Acre-feet. 

103,853 

41,542 

105,267 

124,840 

361,609 

305, 078 

78,581 

24, 472 

17,911 

19, 000 

77, 950 

44, 640 



1,304,748 



266, 672 

190, 392^ 

182,311 

267, 293 

682, 082 

854, 658 

384, 789 

140, 930 

31,775 

32, 896 

41,296 

41,073 



3,116,167 



Per 
square 
mile. 



Sec. -feet. 

0.97 

.43 

.98 

1.20 

3.38 

2.94 

.73 

.23 

.17 

.18 

.75 

.42 

1.03 



2.49 

1.90 

1.70 

2.58 

6.37 

8. 25 

3. 59 

1.32 

.31 

.31 

.40 

.38 

2.47 



LTPPiNcoTT] KING RIVER. 119 

Estimated 7ii(>nthly discharge of King River, etc. — Continued. 



1902. 
January . . . _ . 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June - . . - . 

July 

August 

September _ i . . 

October 

November 

December 

The year 



Di&chax"ge. 



'-'('c. feet. 

■ 520 

2, 852 

4,490 

26, 380 

13,760 

13, 240 

3,600 

910 

360 

520 

1,170 

1,040 



26, 380 



f^ec.-feet. 

360 

360 

1,040 

1,450 

3. 440 

3,760 

1,040 

320 

250 

215 

250 

400 



215 



■feet. 

440 
665 
422 
163 
532 
063 
638 
626 
304 
265 
451 
497 



J, 089 



Total dis 
charge. 



Acre-feet. 

27, 055 

36, 932 

87, 312 

247,716 

401,637 

479, 782 

100,717 

38, 491 

18,089 

16, 294 

26, 836 

30, 559 



1,511,420 



Run-off. 



Rer.-feet. 
0.25 

.38 

.82 

2.39 

3.75 

4. 63 

.94 

.36 

.17 

.15 

.26 

.29 



1.20 



Depth. 



Inches. 

0.29 

.40 

.95 

2.67 

4.32* 

5. 16 

1.08 

.42 

.19 

.17 

.29 

.33 



16.27 



LITTLE ROCK CREEK. 

Dificharge measurements of Little Rock Creek, Los Angeles County. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


.Locality. 






Sec. feet. 




June 2, 1896 


J. B, Lippincott ._. 


2 


Head works Little Rock irriga- 
tion district. 


Apr. 20, 1896 


J. A. Vogelson 


7.2 


Head works South Antelope 
Valley Water Company. 


June 2, 1896 


J. B. Lippincott 


1 


Do. 


Feb. 9, 1897 


do 


21.3 


Do. 


Apr. 7, 1897 


do . 


120 


Do. 


Jan. 5, 1898 


do 


3 


Do. 


July 19, 1900 


B.Cole . 


1.4 


Pumped water in cienaga. 



LOBETUS CREEK. 

Discharge measurement of Lohetus Creek, Sa7i Mateo County. 



Hydrographer. 



Dis 
charge. 



Locality. 



Oct. 17, 1893 i W. W. Brier . 



Sec-feet. 
0.18 



1 mile above mouth. 



120 CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no. 81. 

LOGSDON AND FARREL DITCH, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. 
See San Bernarcliuo Valley, Logsdon and Farrel ditch. 

LOMA ABAJO. 

The Loma Abajo was measured by Charles J. Johansen for the 
Pacific Improvement Company, as indicated below. The point of 
measurement was a short distance above the junction with the Gato. 
At the time of these measurements no water was flowing in the pipe 
line from the Loma Abajo to the Ontare ranch. 

List of discharge measurements of Loma Abajo River in Santa Barbara County. 



Feb. 
Feb. 
Feb. 
Mar. 
Mar. 
Mar. 
Mar. 
Mar. 
Mar. 
Mar. 
Mar. 
Mar. 
Mar. 
Mar. 
Mar. 
Mar. 
Mar. 
Apr. 
Apr. 
Apr. 
Apr. 
Apr. 
Apr. 
Apr. 
Apr. 
Apr. 
Apr. 
Apr. 
Apr. 
Apr. 



14 



,1890 
,1890 
,1890 
,1890 
,1890 
,1890 
,1890 
,1890 
,1890 
,1890 
,1890 
,1890 
,1890 
,1890 
,1890 
,1890 
,1890 
,1890 
,1890 
,1890 
,1890 
,1890 
,1890 
, 1890 
,1890 
,1890 
,1890 
, 1890 
:, 1890 
,1890 



Hydrographer. 



Charles J. Johansen . 
do 



.do . 
_do . 
_do . 
_d6 
-do . 
_do . 
.do . 
_do 
_do 
_do . 
.do 
.do 
.do . 
_do 
.do . 
.do 
.do . 
.do _ 
.do ^ 
.do 
_do 
-do 
.do . 
_do . 
-do 
-do 
-do . 
-do 



Dis- 
charge. 


Locality. 


Sec-feet. 




3.84 


Above junction with Gato. 


3.00 


Do. 


5. 67 


Do. 


3.21 


Do. 


3.00 


Do. 


2.80 


Do. 


2.80 


Do. 


2.24 


Do. 


2.06 


Do. 


2.06 


Do. 


1.88 


Do. 


1.88 


Do. 


1.88 


Do. 


1.55 


Do. 


1.55 


Do. 


1.55 


Do. 


1.39 


Do. 


1.39 


Do. 


1.39 


Do. 


1.23 


Do. 


1.23 


Do. 


1.08 


Do. 


1.23 


Do. 


1.08 


Do. 


.92 


Do. 


.76 


Do. 


.76 


Do. 


.76 


Do. 


.76 


Do. 


.76 


Do. 



LippiNcoTT.] LOMA ABA JO RIVER. 121 

List of diseJparge measurements of Loma Ahajo River, e^c. ^Continued. 



Hydrogi'apher. 



Dis- 
charge. 


Locality. 


Sec-feet. 




0.76 


Above junction with Gato. 


.70 


Do. 


.76 


Do. 


.68 


Do. 


.68 


Do. 


.60 


Do. 


.60 


Do. 


.60 


Do. 


.46 


Do. 


.60 


Do. 


.53 


Do. 


.53 


Do. 


.74 


Do. 


.59 


Do. 


.59 


Do. 


.61 


Do. 


.61 


Do. 


.59 


Do. 


.58 


Do. 


.49 


Do. 


.49 


Do. 


.44 


Do. 


.47 


Do. 


.47 


Do. 


.42 


Do. 


. 50 


Do. 


.56 


Do. 


.52 


Do. 


.49 


Do. 


.42 


Do. 


.45 


Do. 


.42 


Do. 


.37 


Do. 


.34 


Do. 


.42 


Do. 


.26 


Do. 


.24 


Do. 


.23 


Do. 


.24 


Do. 


.24 


Do. 



Apr. 
Apr. 
May 
May 
May 
May 
May 
May 
May 
May 
May 
May 
May 
May 
May 
May 
May 
May 
June 
June 
June 
June 
June 
June 
June 
June 
June 
June 
June 
June 
June 
June 
June 
July 
July 
July 
July 
July 
July 
July 



1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 
1890 



Charles J. Johansen _ 
do 



_.do 
..do 
_.do 
__do 
.,do 
._do . 
_.do 
..do . 
_-do 
..do 
..do . 
.-do . 
..do . 
..do 
-.do . 
-.do . 
.-do 
-.do . 
. .do 
..do . 
-.do . 
.-do . 
..do . 
..do . 
--do . 
..do . 

.-do : 

-.do . 
..do . 
.-do . 
..do . 
..do . 
..do . 
.-do . 
..do . 
..do . 
..do . 
..do 



122 CALIFOENIA HYDROGEAPHY. [no. 81. 

List of discharge measurements of Loma Ahajo River, etc. — Continued. 



July 
July 
Jnly 
July 
July 
July 
July 
July 
July 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Sept. 
Sept. 
Sept. 
Sept. 
Sept. 
Sept. 
Sept. 
Sept. 
Sept. 
Sept. 
Sept. 
Sept. 
Sept. 
Sept. 
Sept. 
Oct. 



, 1890 
,1890 
,1890 
,1890 
,1890 
,1890 
,1890 
,1890 
,1890 
, 1890 
,1890 
,1890 
,1890 
,1890 
,1890 
,1890 
,1890 
,1890 
,1890 
,1890 
,1890 
,1890 
,1890 
,1890 
,1890 
,1890 
,1890 
, 1890 
,1890 
, 1890 
, 1890 
, 1890 
,1890 
, 1890 
,1890 
:, 1890 
,1890 
,1890 
,1890 
,1890 



Ilydrograplier. 



Charles J. Johanseu- 

do 

do 

do 

. .,_do _____._. 



_do _ 
.do _ 
_do . 
.do _ 
.do _ 
.do . 
.do . 
.do . 
.do _ 
.do . 
_do . 
.do . 
.do _ 
.do . 
.do . 
.do _ 
.do . 
.do . 
_do . 
.do . 
.do . 
_do _ 
.do _ 
.do . 
.do . 
.do . 
.do . 
.do . 
.do . 
.do 
-do . 
.do . 
.do 
.do 
.do . 



Dis- 
charge. 


Locality. 


Sec-feet. 




0.24 


Ahove junction with Gato. 


.20 


Do. 


.23 


Do. 


.17 


Do. 


.20 


Do. 


.18 


Do. 


.21 


Do. 


.21 


Do. 


.23 


Do. 


.24 


Do. 


.26 


Do. 


.20 


Do. 


.18 


Do. 


.24 


Do. 


.27 


Do. 


.30 


Do. 


.12 


Do. 


.13 


Do. 


.17 


Do. 


.11 


Do. 


.12 


Do. 


.12 


Do. 


.11 


Do. 


.09 


Do. 


.07 


Do. 


.08 


Do. 


.12 


Do. 


.06 


Do. 


.09 


Do. 


.07 


Do. 


.09 


Do. 


.09 


Do. 


.11 


Do. 


.08 


Do. 


.09 


Do. 


.12 


Do. 


.13 


Do. 


.14 


Do. 


.30 


Do. 


.20 


Do. 



LiPPiNCOTT] LOS AISGELES RIVER. 123 

IJ^t of (liHcliarcte measurements of Lomci Abajo River, ete. — ContinuetT. 



Date. 


Hydrograplier. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Locality. 


Oct. 4,1890 

Oct. 6,1890 


Charles J. Johansen 
do _ - . 


Sec-feet. 
0.14 

.14 
.07 
.04 
.11 
.04 
.46 
.07 
.31 
.06 


Above junction with Gato. 
Do. 


Aug. 18, 1890, a. m 

Aug.] 8 1890, p. Ill 


do 

do 


Below Upper Forks. 
Do. 


Aug. 21, 1890, a. 111.-..- - 
Aug.21,1890,p.m 


do 

.do . 


Do. 
Do. 


May 21,1890 


_do 


Upper Forks— East Fork. 
Upper Forks — West Fork. 
Upper Forks — East Fork. 
Upper Forks— West Fork. 


Do 


do ..__' 


June 4, 1890 

Do 


do 

do 









LOPEZ CREEK. 

Diseliarge measiirements of Lopez Creek, San Luis OJnsjw County. 



Date. 


Hydrographer, 


Dis- 
charge. 


Locality. 


Nov. 19, 1897 


W. W. Brier 


Sec-feet. 
5. 51 


10 miles above Arroyo Grande. 



LOS ANGELES RIVER. 

Los Angeles River heads inmiediately soiitli of Santa Clara River, 
its varioijs tribntaries receiving their supply from the mountains sur- 
rounding tlie San Fernando Plains. It j)asses out of the lower end of 
the plain through a narrow valle}" known as The Narrows, at the 
lower end of which is the city of Los Angeles. The streams entering 
San Fernando Valley have brought down immense quantities of sand 
and gravel from the mountainous area, and thus have formed the San 
Fernando Plains. This coarse deposit acts as a natural regulator, 
absorbing the flood waters, which gradually apjDear loAver down. The 
rainfall of Southern California has been deficient for the last few 
years, but the discharge of Los Angeles River at The Narrows, has 
been exceptionally constant, the decrease in 1900 being not more than 
20 per cent of the average. On account of the numerous lawsuits 
which have arisen regarding water rights on this riVer, a thorough 
study of its discharge has been instituted by the citj^ of Los Angeles, 
the work being under the direction of J. B. Lippincott, as consulting 



124 CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no. 81. 

engineer for the city. The majority of the measurements have been 
made by C. A. Miller, although a number of them were made by F. H. 
Olmsted, city engineer. Several weirs have been placed in the river 
wliere the measurements are made. The x)oints of measurement are 
as follows, in order downstream: 

Weir A, at the intersection of Pacoima avenue with Los Angeles River, in the 
Lankershim E-ancho subdivision. 

Weir B, at the intersection of Vineland avenue with Los Angeles River. 

Weir C, at the intersection of Fernando avenue with Los Angeles River. 

Weir E, at the southwest corner of block 73, Providencia Rancho. 

Weir G, at the intersection of the east line of block 71, Providencia Rancho, 
with Los Angeles River. 

Weir L, 770 feet above weir H. 

Weir H, approximately 300 feet east of the intersection of Buena Vista street 
with Los Angeles River. 

Weir I, 2,543 feet below weir H. 

Weir J, 600 feet east of the west line of block 69, Providencia Rancho. 

Weir K, in block 79, Providencia Rancho, 300 feet west of center. 

Measuring bridge P, near the southwest corner of block 81 , Providencia Rancho, 
in the head works site of the city of Los Angeles, commonly known as the Pom- 
eroy & Hooker tract, where river turns to the east at angle of 90°, 

Measuring bridge Q, about 400 feet above the junction of the Verdugo Wash 
with Los Angeles River. 

Measuring bridge No, 2, about 600 feet above the head of the power ditch of 
the Los Angeles City Water Company, in the so-called Crystal Springs tract. 

Weir No. 7, 1 mile below the head, in the main supply ditch, sometimes called 
the Woolen Mill ditch, in the headworks site. 

Measuring point No. 7B, at a 3-foot cement i)ipe in the same ditch, west of 
bridge No. 2 and at the Los Felix ranch house. 

Weir No. 17, opposite bridge No. 2, on what is called the Glassell tributary. 

To get the total flow of river at bridge No. 2, there should be combined the 
flow at bridge No. 2, weir No. 17, and measuring point No. 7B, In case measure- 
ments were not taken on the main supply ditch at No. 7B, the measurement 
observed at weir No. 7, above No. 7B on the main supply ditch, was used, and the 
loss between No. 7 and No. 7B, 2.49 second-feet, was deducted. This is shown in 
detail in the table for bridge No. 2. For bridge Q a similar process is followed, 
omitting No. 17. For bridge P the observed flow at the bridge is combined with 
either the flow at No. 7 or at No. 7B. 

Weir No. 9, at the mouth of Tujunga Creek, near the western end of the head- 
works site, and near the intersection of Buena Vista street with Los Angeles 
Riyer. 

Weir No. 10, approximately.200 feet west of weir No. 9, at the outlet of a small 
cut which was run into the gravel bed for the development of water. 

Weir M, block 67, Providencia Rancho, on a small stream entering the river in 
the headworks tract. 



LIPPINCOTT.] 



LOS ANGELES EIVER. 



125 



Discharge measurements of Los Angeles River. 
AT WEIR A. 



Date. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Average 

for 
month. 


Date. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Average 

for 
month. 


1899. 
AiTg'iist 14 


Sec-feet. 
0. 565 
.660 
.500 
.500 
.687 
.725 
.721 
.678 
.768 


Sec-feet. 
\ 0.612 

1 .500 

.687 

1 .723 

1 . 723 


1900. 
May 17 


Sec-feet. 

0.461 
.461 
.402 
.310 
.368 
.372 
.430 
.378 
.400 
.328 
.380 


Sec-feet. 

0.461 


August 19 


June 12 


} .431 


September 20. _ _ 


June 29 


September 26 

October 24 


August 1 - . . 




August 8 




Novem.ber 24 


August 15 


[ .370 


NovfTYibf^r 28 


August 31 




December 7 


September 8 

September 11 

September 27 

November 10 _ _ 




December 28 _ . ... 


[ .368 




.380 




Mean 




Mean 




.649 




.402 













AT WEIR B. 



1899. 

August 14 

September 20. 
September 26. 
October 24 _ . . 
November 24. 
November 28 _ 
December 7 • - . 
December 28 _ 



Mean 



0.500 
.500 
.500 

.755 
.937 
.941 
.864 
.982 



0. 500 
.500 

.755 
.939 

.923 



.723 



1900. 

May 17 

June 12 

June 29 

July 27 

August 1 

August 15 

August 31 

September 8 _ _ _ 
September 11 _. 
September 27 . . 
November 10. . 



Mean 



.482 
.430 
.280 
.160 
.180 
.197 
.219 
.209 
.223 
.176 
.260 



126 



CALIFORNIA HYDKOGRAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



Discharge measurements of Los Angeles Rwer — Continued. 
AT WEIR C. 



Date. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Average 

for 
month. 


Date. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Average 

for 
month. 


1899. 

August 14 . . ... 


Sec.-feet. 

2.88 
2.88 
2.69 
2.26 
2.88 
2.98 
3.45 
3.42 
3.44 


Sec.-feet. 
} 2.88 

1 2.48 

} 2.93 

} 3.43 
• 3.44 


1900. 
May 17 


Sec.-feet. 
2.98 
2.91 
2.45 
2.50 
2.48 
2.48 
2.55 
1.58 
2.38 
1.63 
2 42 


Sec.-feet. 
2.98 


August 28 


June 12 

July 27 

August 1 

August 8 


2.91 


September 20 

September 26 

October 9 


2.45 


October 24 . 


August 15 


2.50 


November 24 


August 31 




November 28 ..... 


September 8 

September 11 

September 27 _ _ 

November 10 




December 28 


1.86 
2 42 




Mean 


! 


Mean 




3.03 




2.52 













AT WEIR E. 



1899. 

August 14 

August 28 

September 20 

September 26 


5.55 
5.55 
5.35 
5.25 
5.99 
6.53 
6.24 
6.24 
6.24 
6.30 


1 5.55 

1 5.30 

5.99 

1 6.38 

• 6.26 


1900. 
May 15 

June 12 ... - . 

June 29 

July 12 


5.45 
5.18 
4.81 
4.80 
4.80 
4.53 
4.47 
4.88 
4.49 
4. 65 
4.30 
4.67 


5.45 
1 4. 99 

1 4.80 


October 25 


July 27 


November 17 

November 28 

December 13 . . _ 


August 1 . . 

August 15 

August 31 


4.63 


December 21 


September 8 

September 11.. 

September 27... ..- 

November 10 . 

Mean . . 




December 26 . _ 


] 

4.48 

4.67 


Mean 




5.89 




4.84 













LIPPINCOTT.] 



LOS ANGELES RIVER. 



127 



Discharge measurements of Los Angeles River — Continued. 
AT WEIR G. 



Date. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Average 

for 
month. 


Date. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Average 

for 
month. 


1899. 
August 14 

August 28 

September 20 

September 26 

October 9 


Sec-feet. 

7.92 
7.92 
7.60 
7.60 
7.66 
8.60 
9.17 
8.99 
8.90 
8.90 
8.92 


Sec-feet. 
\ 7.92 

1 7.60 

1 8.13 

1 9.08 

■ 8.90 


1900. 
May 15 


Sec-feet. 

7.94 
7.63 


Sec-feet. 

7 94 


June 12 


} .3t 


June 29 


7.00 
6.45 
6.45 
6.80 
6.87 
6.72 
7.00 
6.68 
6.99 


July 27 


6.45 


August 1 - - 




October 25 . 


August 15 

August 31 


[ 6.70 


November 17 




November 28 

December 13 


September 8 

September 11 

September 27 . 


[ 6.80 


December 21 




December 26 - 


November 13 . _ 


6.99 




Mean 




Mean 




8.33 




7.03 













AT WEIR L. 



1899. 

August 14 

August 28 


9.08 

8.93 

8.59 

8.89 

8.59 

9.58 

9.48 

10. 15 

9.93 

10.02 

10. 02 

10.30 


1 9.00 
} 8.74 

■ 9.22 

1 10.04 

[ 10.11 


1900. 

May 15 

May 23 

June 12 

June 29 


8.85 
8.73 
8.-62 
8.30 
7.53 
7.53 
7.59 
7.69 
8.02 
7.82 
8.20 
7.76 
8.34 


} 8.79 


September 20 


1 8.46 


September 26 

October 9 


July 27 

August 1 

August 8 

August 15 

August 31 

September 8 . : 

September 11 

September 27 


7.53 


October 25 - . . 




October 27 




November 17 


[ 7.71 


November 28 

December 13 




December 21 . . 

December 26 .. 


7.92 




November 10. 


8.34 




Mean 




Mean 




9.42 




8.12 













128 



CALIFORNIA HYDROGEAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



Discharge measurements of Los Angeles River — Continued. 
AT WEIR H. 



August 14 

August 28 

September 20. 
September 26. 

October 9 

October 25 . . . 
October 27 _ . . 
November 17 _ 
November 28 _ 
December 13 _ 
December 21 _ 
December 26 _ 

Mean __ 



Dis- 
charge. 



Sec-feet. 
11.88 
12.19 
11.60 
12.03 
11.60 
12.66 
12.66 
13.73 
13.47 
13.42 
13.64 
13.80 



Average 

for 
month. 



Sec-feet. 

\ 12.04 



13.60 



12.68 



1900. 

May 15 

May 23 

June 12 

Jime 29 

July 27 

August 1 

August 8 

August 15 

August 31 

September 8 . . 
September 11 _ 
September 27 _ 
November 10. 

Mean _. 



Dis- 
charge. 



Sec-feet. 
11.42 
11.21 
11.01 
10.68 
9.96 
9.96 
10.16 
10.13 
10.57 
10.15 
10.39 
10. 03 
10. 54 



AT WEIR I. 



1899. 

August 14 

August 28 

September 20 _ 
September 26. 

October 9 

October 25 . . . 
November 17. 
November 28 . 
December 13 _ 
December 26 . 



Mean 



17.18 
16.91 
17.15 
17.32 
17.19 
18.33 
19.04 
18.72 
18.93 
18.99 



I- 

}n. 

17. 

18.88 

18.96 



1900. 

May 15 

May 23 

June 12 

June 29 

July 12 

July 27 

August 1 

August 8 

August 15..-. 

August 31 

September 8 . . 
September 11- 
September 27. 
November 10 _ 

Mean .. 



16.25 
16.05 
15. 66 
15.49 

15.58 
14.74 
14.37 
14.94 
14.69 
14.80 
14.54 
14.74 
14.31 
14.92 



LIPPINCOUT.J 



LOS ANGELES EIVER. 



12^ 



Discharge measure} aents of Los Anyeles River — Continued. 

AT WEIR J. 

Note.— Total discharge of river at weir J equals diBcharge over weir + discharge at No. 7, or 
+ No. 7B + 2.49. 



August 14___- 

August 28 

September 20. 
September 2G. 

October 9 

October 25 . . .. 
November 17- 
November 28 _ 
December 13 . 
December 26 _ 

Mean ._ 



May 15 

May 23 

June 12 

June 29 

August 15 

August 31 

September 8 _ _ 
September 11 _ 
September 27- 
November 10 . 

Mean ._ 



1899. 



1900. 



Discharge 

at No. 7, or 
N0.7B+2.49, 



Discharge 
over weir. 



Secoiul-feet. Second-feet. 



18.59 


0.55 


17. 90 


.49 


17.90 


.49 


18.28 


.49 


18.08 


.44 


17.45 


1.85 


18. 02 


2.91 


13.78 


6.71 


13.90 


6.34 
1.73 


13.66 



20.09 
16.37 
19.81 
16.31 
18.49 
19.25 



19.81 
17.59 
14.84 



1.39 
1.67 
.86 
.86 
.41 
.46 
.42 
.52 
.39 
1.49 



Total dis- 
charge for 
weir. 



Average 
for month. 



ond-feet. 

19.14 
18.39 
18.39 

18.77 
18.52 ^ 
19.30 / 
20.93 I 
20.40 f 



20.24 



20.89 / 



21.48 
18.04 
20.67 
17.17 
18.90 
19.71 



20.33 

17.98 
16.33 



nd-feet. 

18.76 
18.58 
18. 91 
20.71 
20.31 



19.45 



19.76 
J 8. 92 
19. 31 



19. 15 
1G.33 



18.69 



IRR 81—03- 



130 



CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



Discharge tneasurenients of Los Angeles River — Continued. 
AT WEIR K. 

NoTK. — Total discharge of river at weir K equals discharge over weir + discharge at No. 7, or 
+ No. 7B + 2.43. 



Discharge 
at No. 7, or 
N0.7B+2.49. 



Discharge 
over weir. 



Total dis- 
charge for 
weir. 



Average 
for month. 



August 14 

August 28 

September 20- 
September 2G_ 

October 9 

October 25 

November 17 _ 
November 28 _ 
December 13 _ 
December 26 _ 

Mean __ 



May 15 

May 23 

July2_._-_-.. 

August 1 

August 15 

August 31 

September 8 _ . 
September 11- 
September 27- 
November 10 . 

Mean -- 



1899. 



1900. 



' Second-feet. 

18.59 
17.90 
. 17. 90 
•18.28 
18.08 
n.45 
18.02 
13. 78 
13.90 
13.66 



Second-feet. 

4.13 
3.92 
3.91 
3.98 
4.13 
5.70 
6.97 
10.69 
10.69 
10.92 



20.09 
16.37 
16.32 



18.49 
19. 25 



19.81 
17.59 
li.84 



Second-feet 

22.72 
21.82 
21.81 
22.26 
22.21 
23.15 
24. 99 
24.47 
24.59 
24.58 



4.94 
4.94 
2.93 
2.55 
2.71 
2.55 
2.81 
2.80 
2.50 
4.12 



Second-feet. 

22.27 
22.03 
22.68 
24.73 
24.58 



25. 03 
21.31 
19. 25 



21.20 
21.80 



22.61 
20.09 
18.96 



23.: 



23.17 
19.25 



21.50 



21.35 
18.96 
20.85 



LIPPINCOTT.] 



LOS ANGELES EIVER. 



131 



Discharge 7neasuremeiLts of Los Angeles River — Continued. 

AT BRIDGE P. 

Note. — Total diacliarge of river at bridge P equals discliarge at bridge + discharge at No. 7, or 
+ discharge at No. 7B. 



Discharge 
at No. 7, 
or No. 7B. 



Discharge 
at bridge. 



Total dis- 
charge at 
bridge. 



Average 
for month. 



August 25 

September 20 _ 
September 27. 
October 10 . . _ 
October 25 . _ 
October C8 _ _ . 
November 17 _ 
November 28 - 
December 13 _ 
December 26 . 

Mean _ 



May 15 

May 28 

June 12 

July 2 _ 

July 12 

August 1 

August 8 

August 15 

September 8 . 
September 11 _ 
September 28. 

Mean __ 



1899. 



1900. 



Secoitd-ff>et. 

18.66 
17.90 
18.66 
18.08 
17.45 
17.45 
18.02 
13.18 
13. 90 
13.66 



17.60 
13.88 
17.32 
13.83 
14.00, 
14.00 
14.00 
16.00 



17.32 
15.10 



'cond-fect. 
20.22 
19. 36 
21.08 
19.81 
17.62 
21.06 
25.73 
27.75 
31.94 
27.67 



21. 22 
20.28 
18.59 
19. 51 
16.99 
17.04 
18.71 
19.94 
19.26 
19.67 
18.38 



Olid-feet. 

38.88 
37.26 
39.74 
37.89 
35. 07 
38.51 
43.75 
40.93 
45. 84 
41.33 



Sec-feet. 

38.88 



38.82 
34.16 
35.91 
33.34 
30.99 
31.04 
32.71 
35. 94 



36.99 
33.48 



38.50 



7.16 



42.34 



43. 58 



40.09 



I 36. 49 

35. 91 

I 32.16 

33. 23 



35.23 



34.60 



132 



CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



Discharge ineasureinenU of Los Angeles River — Continued. 

AT BRIDGE Q. 

NoTK.. — Total di«(;liarge of river at bridge Q equals discharge at Q + discharge at No. 7 — 2A{ 
or + No. 7B. 



Discharge 

at No. 

7-2.49, or 7B, 



Discharge 
at bridge. 



Total dis- 
charge at 
bridge. 



Average 
for month. 



September 20 - 
September 27 _ 
October 10 _ _ . 
October 25 . _ . 
October 28 . _ _ 
November 17 . 
November 29 . 
December 13 - 
Decembei 26 . 

Mean _. 



May 15 

May 23...... 

June 12 

July2 

July 12 

August 1 

September 8 . . 
September 11. 
September 28 . 

Mean ._ 



1900. 



Second-feet. 

15.41 

16.17 

15. 59 

8.21 

8.23 

9.36 

12.20 

11 Al 

11.17 



Second-feet. Second-feet. 



17.60 
13.88 
17.32 
13.83 
14.00 
14.00 



17.32 
15.10 



28.12 
27.99 
27. 77 
27.66 
36. 48 
39.71 
33.89 
35.99 
31.86 



28. 42 
27.97 
27.64 
26.20 
24.79 
24.48 
27.09 
26.22 
29.33 



43.53 
44.16 
43. 36 
35. 87 
44.71 
49.07 
46.09 
47.40 
43.03 



Sec-feet. 

43. 84 



41.31 



47.58 



46.02 
41.85 
44.96 
40.03 

38.79 
38.48 



43.54 
44.43 



45.21 



44.49 



43.93 
44.96 
39.41 

38.48 



43.8 



42. 15 



LTPPINCOTT.] 



LOS ANGELES BIVER. 



133 



Discharge measurements of Los Angeles River, Los Angeles County, near bridge 

No. £. 



Date. 


Hydrographer 


Dis- 
charge. 


Locality. 


June 15,1889 
Do- 


Wm. Mulholland 

do 


Sec-feet. 
36.7 
11.1 
11.2 


River. 
Power ditch. 


Do 


do 


Main supply ditch. 




Total flow at 
bridge 2. 

Wm. Mulholland 

do . 




59.0 




July 15,1889 
Do 


33.3 
11.0 
14.1 


River. 
Power ditch. 


Do 


do 


Main supply ditch. 




Total at bridge 2. 

Wm. Mulholland 

do 






58.4 




Nov. 18,1891 
Do 


68.0 
10.0 
3.0 

81.0 


River. 
Power ditch. 


Do - 


do 


Main supply ditch. 




Total at bridge 2. 

Wm. Mulholland 

do 


Nov. —,1893 
Do, 


58.8 
15.0 
(V) 
51.8 
. 7 
15.0 


River. 
Power ditch. 


Do 


.do 


Main supply ditch. 

River. 

Glassell tributary. 

Main supply ditch. 

Power ditch, measurement 


Feb. 28, 1898 
Do 


do 

do 


Do 


do 


Do- - 


- .do 




Total at bridge 2. 




above. 




67.5 





134 



CALIFORNIA HYDRO IRAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



Discharge measurements of Los Angeles River at bridge No. 2. 

Note.— Total discharge of river at bridge No. 3 equals discharge at No. 2 + discharge at No. 
7B, or No. 2 -f- No. 7-2.49. 



1899. 



August 19 

August 25 

September 20- 
September 27 _ 
October 10 . . . 
October 25 . . . 
October 28 . . . 
October 31 _ . . 
November 17 . 
Novem.ber 29. 
December 13 . 
December 26 _ 

Mean ._ 



1900. 

May 16 

May 23 

June 12 

July2 

July 13 

August 1 

August 8 

August 15 

August 31 _ - 

September 8 

September 11 

September 28 

November 10 



Discharge i 
at No. 7— I Discharge 
3.49, or No. at No. 17. 
7B. 



Siec.-feet. 



Mean 



15. 
16. 
15. 
16. 
15. 

8. 

8. 

8. 

9. 
12. 
11. 
11. 



17.60 
13.88 
17.32 
13.83 
15.32 
14.00 
14.00 
16.00 
16.76 



17.32 
15.10 
14.84 



Sec-feet. 
0.06 
.06 
.06 
.06 
.05 
.05 
.05 
.05 
.06 
.06 
.07 
.07 



Discharge "^^^fJ^, 
at bridge. «^J[||^^* 



Sec-feet. 

41.29 
42. 41 
40.23 
40.07 
39.35 
48.88 
44. 45 
48.73 
49.71 
43.40 
46.69 
46.89 



39.61 

38. 46 
39.23 
35.38 
40.10 
34.62 
34. 77 
38.58 
35.36 
34. 27 
35. 56 
34.28 
39.45 



Average 
for mouth. 



Sec-feet. 
56. 94 
58. 64 
55. 70 
56. 30 
54.99 
57. 14 
52.73 
57. 56 
59. 13 
55. 66 
58. 17 
58. 13 



57. 35 
52. 48 
56. 69 
49.31 
55.56 
48.72 
48.87 
54. 68 
52. 22 



53. 08 
49.46 
54. 39 



Sec-feet. 

I 57. 79 



.00 



55.61 



I 57. 39 
I 58. 15 



.99 



I 54.91 

56.69 

I 52. 43 

i 51.12 



51.27 
54.39 
53.46 



LTPPTNCOTT.] LOS ANGELES RIVEB. 135 

Average discharge of Los Angeles River at uieir No. 9. 



January _ 
February 

March 

April 

May 

June 



1899. 



Sec.-feet. 

1.17 
1.00 
1.16 
1.10 
.71 
.69 



Sec-feet. 
0.52 
.49 
.39 
.38 
.30 
.24 



July 

August 

September . 

October 

November 
December _ . 



Sec-feet. \ Sec-feet. 



0. 



.48 
.44 
.64 
.56 



0.15 
.18 
.20 



Average discharge of developed umter at tveir No. 10. 



January _ . 
February 

March 

April 

May - 

June 



I Sec-feet. Sec-feet. 
0.89 



0.96 
.93 
.90 

.86 



July 

81 : August -_- 
86 September 

October _ . _ 



November 
December - 



1900. 



Sec-feet. 

0.79 
.79 

.83 
.86 
.94 
.91 



Sec-fcct. 

0.74 
.73 
.70 



Average discharge of small tributary of Los Angeles River at iveir M. 



1899. 



January _ 
February 
March __. 

April 

May 

June _ . . . 



Discharge. 
Sec-feet. 

0.29 
.20 
.20 
.14 
.07 
.06 



1899. 



-July 

August ... 
September 
October ._. 
November- 
December . 



Digcharge. 



Sec-feet. 
Dry. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 



Average discharge of cut of West Los Angeles Water Company in San Fernando 
Valley, from gravel beds of Los Angeles River. 



Month. 


1899. 


1900. 


Month. 


1899. 


1900. 


May 


Sec'feet. 


Sec-feet. 
5.79 
5. 85 
5.75 
5. 87 


■ 
September 


Sec-feet. 

6.02 
5.94 

6.07 
6.08 


Sec-feet. 


June 




October 

November 

December 




July 






August . 


6.01 









136 



CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. 

Average discharge of Los Angeles River. 



[NO. 81. 



Measuring point. 


Interven- 

distance 
along 
river. 


Average 
discharge, 
August to 
December, 
inclusive, 
1899. 


Rate of 

growth 

per 100 

feet, 1899. 


Average 
discharge 
May to No- 
vember, 
inclusive, 
1900. 


Rate of 

growth 

per 100 

feet, 1900. 


Weir A 


Feet. 


Sec-feet. 

0. 649 


0.001 
.066 


Sec -feet. 
0.402 






10, 280 


0.001 


WeirB 


.723 
3.03 


.276 
2. 52 




Weir C . 


3,486 


.064 




7,069 


.039 


.033 


WeirE 


5.89 


4.84 

'7.03'" 



8.12 






4, 585 


.053 
.105 


.048 


Weir G 


8.33 
9.42 




WeirL 


1,041 


.105 




770 


.424- 


.310 


Weir H 


12.68 
17.97 


10.51 
15. 17 
18.69 
20.85 
34.60 
42. 15 
53.46 




Weirl . 


2,543 


.210 
.038 


.183 




3,926 


.089 


Weir J 


. 19.45 






3,600 


.100 


.060 


WeirK _ .. ._ ._ 


23. 06 
40.09 




Bridge P 


6,345 


.268 
.095 
.185 


.217 




4,629 


.163 


Bridge Q 


44.49 
56. 99 




Bridge No. 2 


6,756 


.167 









LTPPTNCOTT] LOS ANGELES RIVEE AND LOS FLORES CANYON. 137 

Discharge measurernents of Los Angeles River, Los Angeles County. 



Data. 


Ilydrographer. 


Di.> 
charge. 


Locality. 






Sec. -ft. 




Aug. 21,1899 


S.G.Bennett 


0.0 


Pacoima, mouth of canyon. 


Jan. 9, 1901 


L.Mesmer 


50. 


Do. 


Sept. 20,1901 


S.G.Bennett 


0.0 


Do. 


Aug. 21,1899 


do 


.44 


Tujunga, Headwords Monte 




Vista Canal. 


Oct. 9, 1900 


W.W.Cockins 


.19 


Do. 


Sept. 21,1901 


S.G.Bennett 


.22 


Do. 


Nov. 22,1900 


do 


18.7 


Tujunga Railroad, main line. 


Do 


do 


.05 


Tujunga, 3 miles below above 






measurement. 


Do- 


do - - 


10.60 


Tujunga Railroad, main line, 






flood marks. 


Aug. 21,1899 


do ... 


0.0 


Tu j unga — little . 



Discharge measurements of Los Angeles River at pumping stations in San Fernando 

Valley. 



Year. 


"1 
Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
chai'ge. 


Remarks. 


1897 

1898- . 


J. B. Lippincott 

do 


Sec.-ft. 

^'0.11 
«.33 
«.99 

«1.77 


Total output, 4 plants. 
Total output, 7 plants. 
Total output, 21 plants. 
Total output, 33 plants. 


1899 

1900 


.- .-do 

do 







"Reduced to continuous flow for summer months. 
LOS FLORES CANYON. 

Los Flores Canyon is situated on the southern slope of the Sierra 
Madre, in Los Angeles County. The area of the drainage basin above 
the line of township 1 north, above which all diversions occur, is 0.35 
square mile. The canyon is in granite, largely shattered, with iDre- 
vailing lines of cleavage extending northwest to southeast, but with 
other distinct lines bearing northeastward. Below the mouth of the 
canyon are the beautiful Pasadena Mesa lands. The scarcity of 
water, coupled with the general desirability of tliese lands, has caused 
much " development work" to be done for the purpose of increasing 
the water supply. Twelve tunnels in all liave been run into this 
granite rock. The experience has been that as the fissures and 
cracks of the rock are opened a considerable discharge has resulted 
^'or a period of a few weeks, after wliich tlie flow decreased, and the 
tunnels would then again be extended or iiew ones run. 



138 



CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



Following is a list of the tunnels, showing their lengths: 
Los Flores tunnel: 

No. 1 



Feet. 
23 



No. 2- 
No. 3_ 
No. 4. 



- 96 

55 

Mining tunnel 37 

Twaddell tunnel 130 

McNally tunnel 430 

Los Flores tunnel: 

No. 5 . 185 

No. 6 475 

No. 7 200 

No. 8 357 

Twaddell's Tiptop tunnel 133 



Total length 2,172 

From the nature of the drainage basin and the data obtained from 
neighboring streams a reasonable natural run-off from this drainage 
basin, including flood waters, of from 0.10 to 0.15 second-foot might 
be expected in average years. 

The granite bed rock in the drainage basin is covered with a few 
feet of coarse, disintegrated, granitic soil, very absorbent of water. 
Rain falling upon this is rapidly absorbed, and the tunnels show 
within a few weeks the effect of rainfall. During the years when 
measurements of the tunnels vfere made the rainfall was, as a rule, 
much below normal. In the following discharge measurements all the 
water which is diverted, both developed and natural flow, is included, 
but probably a few winter storms occurred that produced greater run- 
off than the capacity of the diversion pipes, and consequently some of 
the water must have escaped unmeasured. 

The lesson to be drawn from this particular case is that the expend- 
iture of the large amount of money required to construct these tun- 
nels was ill advised, the water supply having been not materiallj^, if 
at all, increased beyond the normal flow of the canyon prior to the 
construction of the tunnels. A similar experience is the result of like 
work in Eaton Canyon, which adjoins the Los Flores to the east. 
Discharge 7)ieasurements of Los Flores Canyon, Los Angeles County. 



Date. 


Mean dis- 
charge. 


Remarks. 


1895 

1896 

1897 


Sec-feet. 

0.18 

.10 

.12 

.08 
.10 
.09 
.09 


22 inches of rain. 
10 inches of rain. 
21 inches of rain. 


1898__. 

1899 


9 inches of rain. 
7 inches of rain. 


1900 

1901 , 


11 inches of rain. 

12 inches of raid. 



LTPPINCOTT.] 



DISCHARGE TABLES. 



139 



LYTLE CREEK. 



This sm-all stream di-aiiis the southern sloi^e of the Sierra Madre and 
discharges its waters on the jDlains northwest of San Bernardino. 
Although it drains a comparatively small area of 52 square miles, at 
the mouth of the canj^on its waters are important for irrigation pur- 
poses. Owing to the controversies which have arisen over its diver- 
sions, a number of lawsuits for the settlement of the claims have been 
instituted from time to time. A number of measurements of this 
stream at the mouth of the canyon from 1892 to 1896, inclusive, are 
given below. They are copied from court records of proceedings in 
which the water supply of this creek was involved. These cases were 
tried in the San Bernardino courts hy Judge J. W. McKinley. The 
measurements were made b}^ A. H. Koebig and G. O. Newman, on 
weirs, and are believed to be accurate. 

Discharge measurements of Lytle Creek at mouth of canyon, San Bernardino 

County, Cal. 



1892. 
June 3 

September 30 . _ _ 

September 80 

October 28 

November 21 . _ . 
November 27 _ _ _ 



1898. 

September 7 

September 18- __ 
September 25 _ _ _ 
October 4 



1894. 



June 6 
June 8 _ 
July 10. 
July 11 _ 
July 25 - 



It (I- feet. 

35. 58 
18.70 
22.04 
20.64 
22.04 
20. 68 



49.20 
49.20 
46.34 
45. 30 

17.96 
15.50 
13. 22 
13.22 
13.36 



Date. 

1894. 
August 19-- ..-.. 

August 25 

October 3 

1895. 

September 2 

September 30 

1896. 

March 3 . 

April 23 

April 24 

April 25 

May 3 ...- 

May 4 

May 10 

May 25 

May 26 _. 



Discharge. 



Second-feet. 

11.44 
12.32 
16.20 



56. 
40. 

18. 
19. 
18. 
20. 
18. 
17. 
18. 
15. 
12. 



10 



140 CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no. 81. 

Beginning in 1894, measurements of Lytle Creek were also made by 
H. -D. Sibley, who was zanjero of the Lj^tle Creek canals at tha;t time. 
The measurements were usually made because the discharge of the 
stream was below normal. In the winter and spring only the amount 
of water needed for irrigation was turned into the ditches, but later in 
the summer the entire flow was diverted. These measurements also 
^ere made over weirs and are believed to be fairly accurate. During 
1898 trouble was experienced through miners' taking the water from 
the natural channel and turning it into dry channels, sluice boxes, 
weirs, mill races, etc. , thereby causing an alleged loss of from 20 to 25 
per cent of the total flow of the creek. Only a portion of these latter 
diversions were returned to the creek. The measurements of Mr, 
Sibley would not show the full flow of Lytle Creek at all times, and 
sometimes show less than the full discharge, for the reasons men- 
tioned above. During 1899 the amount of water which was diverted 
into the main canal was measured daily b}^ the Anglo-American 
Canaigre Company, at a weir erected near the head of its cement 
ditch. The volumes given have been occasionally checked by visit- 
ing the canal and making meter measurements. It is believed that 
during 1899 practically all the water of the stream was diverted into 
the canal. 



LIPPINCOTT.] 



LYTLE CREEK. 



141 



Discharg(^. in second-feet, of Lytle Creek niaiii canal above Rialto, San Ber- 
nardino County, Cal. 



[Drainage area, 52 square miles.] 
1894. 



Day, 


Apr. 


May. 


June, i July. 


Aug. Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


1 






15.5 


1 ' 




2 












3 




24.1 


17.2 




10.9 13.5 

i 




4. .. .... . -- 






5 


16.1 






10.8 










6 




22.6 












7 




14.1 








11.4 


14.5 


8 


19.9 






10.8 


13.0 




9 




\ 






13.7 


10 


^""T------^ V--- 








11 


17.8 


18.5 14.3 10.8 






13.7 




12 . ... 








13 


21.8 


i 


13.4 








14 




14.3 




13.2 






15 














16 


22.6 


19.1 


14.4 












17 










! 


18 

19 


22.6 


15.0 


14.1 


13.7 


11.5 


14.5 1 


20 










1 • 


21 






14.8 


12.7 






1 
1 


22 


24.9 




11.9 


12.7 


' 12.9 


23 . . __ ._ . 




14.6 




i 


24 . 




18.2 


14.9 












25 


25.4 








14.2 




26 














27 






15.0 












28 1 


16.6 


i 






29 














30 ..,..' 












! 


12.5 


31 . 






11.7 


13.4 

























142 



CALIFOKNIA HYDKOGRAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



Discharge, in second-feet, of Lytic Creek main canal, etc. — Continued. 

1895. 



Day. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. Aug. Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


1 






54.4 


' 










2 






1 










3 














36.9 






4 






68.0 






51.4 






5 -. _.- . 














6 




































30.5 




8 _ . 




33.9 









31.5 




9 .._ 






10 










48.8 








11 












24.9 




12 ... ___ 










50.8 






13 














22.0 


14 


















15 
















■ 


16 










50.4 






1 


17 










44.8 








18 


26.4 


43.8 








41.9 






19_-. _ 






1 






20 










! 








21 




57.5 






1 


36.5 
34.1 






22 








! 


24.0 




23 


37.4 






52.5 






24 


j 




47.1 








25 
















26 ^ 




1 




54.4 










27 
















28 






! 




36.5 


34.5 






29 --- 
















30 




















31 . _- 














34. 5 





















June 5 to August 1(5, ditch broken; no measurements. 



AilPPlNCOTT.J 



LYTLE CREEK. 



143 



Discharge, in scvoiid-feet, of Lytic Creek main canal, etc. — Continued. 
1896. 



Day. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


Jtxne. 


July. 


Aug. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


1 










17.8 








13.2 






2 








22.2 


14.1 


11.1 








3 












1 




4 




















i 




5 


20.0 
















12.2 






6 










11.4 




11.5 


12.2 






7 




















8 




19.2 










11 1 




i 




9 










13.5 
12.5 






11.6 




16,0 


10 








1 


_..._|..... 12.2 




11 








1 








13 










11.9 ! 


10.5 i \ 






13 





18.4 




1 


1 


] 




14 






' 


12.2 12.2 






16.0 


15 




i 


24.9 




\ 






16 


21.4 




19.8 


17 1 


j 
1 


13.7 10.8 






17.0 


17 








18 








19.7 




i 


11.3 




1 


19 










j 




11.8 




i 


20 












10.5 








21 


1 








12.0 








22 - 


1 


















16.0 


23 . 


! 




' 






12.5 1 


11.1 




24 






22.4 








12.5 








25 








- i 










28.0 




26 
















11.8 


20.0 




27 - 










..^_ ! 


10.7 










28 














13.5 










29 




17.5 




















30 










15.0 














24.0 


31 _ 


















i 














! 








i 





Heavy rains March 1 to 15 njid Otttober 2ii\ all water turned out of canal. 



144 



CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. 



INO.81. 



Discharge, in second-feet, of Lytic Creek iiiain canal, etc. — Continued. 

1897. 



Day. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. ! Apr. , May | June. 

i i i 


July. Aug. 


1 
















2 


















3 




60.0 














4 




' 


36.0 








5 














6 






60.0 




1 






7 . 




24.0 












8-... ' 


! 




... - _ . 1 




i 
9 






50.0 


30.0 








10 


16.0 












11 




' 










12 






1 








10.6 


13 






! 










14 






60.0 










15 














16 


24.0 








34.0 








17 














18.- 




80.0 






1 






19 






60.0 








20 




[ 


I 






21 




50.0 












22. - 








1 






23 


i 












24 


I 1 


50.0 










25 


20.0 


60.0 










26 












27 


















28 




56. 


70.0 


40.0 










29 


28.0. 










30 
















31 




1 


j 












i 









Heavy rains February 8 and 18, March 28, September U. Chicala Water Company took oharge 
of station June 1. 



LIPPINCOTT.] 



LYTLE CREEK. 



145 



Discharge, in aecond-feet , of Lytle Creek main canal, etc. — Continued. 

1898. 



Day. 


May. 


June. July. 


Day. 


May. June. 


July. 


Day. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


1 




10.9 


12_... 






23.... 








2 


! 


13 


1 




24 








3 


. - . - 




14. _ 


! 




25 








4... 


15 




13.9 




26..__ 








5 


t 




16 




27 








6 






17 








28 ... . 
29.- 


14.6 


9.0 




7 


' 




18.... 


I 






8 






19 








30 








9 






20. __ 
21 




11.5 




31 








10 


1 












11 


t 




22 




11.7 



















No measurements for January to April, inclusive, and August to December, inclusive. 

iRR 81— o;j 10 



146 CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. [noJ 

Discharge, in second-feet, of Lytic Creek main canal, etc. — Continued. 



Day. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


!._._ 


11.1 


11.8 


11.2 


9.7 


11.2 


12.2 


6.3 


9.4 


14.5 


10.9 


10.5 


11.1 


2,.._ 


11.1 


12.1 


11.1 


8.9 


10.9 


10.4 


6.8 


10.4 


15.1 


10.8 


10.3 


11.3 


3.-.. 


12.1 


12.1 


11.2 


8.5 


10.9 


9.7 


6.4 


9.6 


16.6 


10.8 


10.3 


11.4 


4.... 


11.4 


12.4 


11.1 


12.6 


10.5 


9.5 


6.4 


10.7 


16.7 


10.8 


10.6 


11.1 


5 -_-- 


11.7 


12.4 


10.8 


12.5 


10.5 


9.4 


6.4 


12.2 


16.0 


10.7 


10.5 


11.3 


6-... 


11.6 


12.5 


10.6 


12.1 


10.5 


9.6 


6.4 


11.0 


16.0 


10.6 


10.6 


11.3 


7-.._ 


11.6 


12.6 


10.4 


11.9 


10.5 


9.2 


6.3 


10.8 


16.0 


10.1 


10.6 


11.3 


8_.-. 


11.6 


12.4 


10.4 


11.8 


10.2 


9.0 


6.2 


11.0 


15.9 


9.9 


9.9 


11.6 


9-_-- 


11.6 


12.1 


10.9 


11.7 


11.8 




6.2 


11.0 


16.5 


10.2 


9.9 


11.4 


10._.- 


12.0 


11.8 


10.6 


11.9 


9.5 


7.2 


6.0 


8.7 


16.1 


10.8 


10.0 


11.5 


11 ..._ 


16.1 


11.8 


10.6 


11.7 


9.5 


7.5 


5.9 


12.0 


16.0 


11.7 


10.2 


11.4 


12_... 


13.1 


11.8 


10.6 


11.7 


9.2 


8.2 


6.0 


12.0 


15.8 


^'72. 1 


10.5 


11.3 


13.... 


12.2 


11.8 


10.7 


11.0 


9.6 


8.1 


5.9 


12.2 


15.3 


12.4 


10.9 


11.2 


14.... 


12.0 


11.6 


10.7 


10.6 


9.5 


7.8 


5.9 


12.1 


15.4 


13.5 


11.0 


11.1 


15.... 


11.9 


11.5 


10.7 


10.6 


9.8 




6.0 


12.3 


16.0 


12.7 


11.3 


11.2 


16.... 


12.0 


11.5 


15. 3 


10.7 


9.4 


7.6 


6.0 


12.3 


15.5 


13.0 


11.7 


12.9 


17._.- 


12.0 


11.5 


14.7 


10.6 


9.4 


7.8 


5.8 


12. 2 


15.3 


13.0 


11.5 


11.8 


18.. ,_ 


12.0 


11.3 


13. 7 


10.7 


9.4 


7.9 


5.4 


12.6 


14.3 


12.3 


12.0 


11.8 


19.. ._ 


11.9 


11.4 


12.3 


10.2 


9.7 


7. 7 


5.6 


13.0 


15.7 


12.0 


11.9 


11.6 


20 ... - 


11.8 


11.3 


13.7 


10.8 


9.8 


7.3 


5.6 


13.0 


14.9 


11.4 


11.8 


11.6 


21 ... . 


11.7 


11.3 


13.1 


9.9 


9.5 


7.5 


5.8 


12.5 


15.2 


11.2 


12.2 


11.3 


22.... 


11.8 


11.3 


12.9 


9.9 


9.4 


7.6 


7.2 


12.4 


16.1 


11.6 


12.7 


11.1 


23.... 


11.7 


11.3 


12.8 


10.3 


9.4 


7.4 


8.6 


12.4 


10.8 


11.9 


12.1 


11.1 


24 . .-. . 


11.6 


11.8 


13.2 


10.6 


9.2 


7.1 


9.3 


12.5 


10.4 


10.3 


12.0 


11.1 


25 ... - 


11.6 


11.4 


14.8 


10.5 


9.2 


7.2 


8.9 


12.4 


10.3 


10.7 


13.8 


10.9 


26__.. 


11.6 


11.4 


13.5 


10.4 


9.0 


7.4 


9.2 


12.6 


10. 3 


11.4 


11.7 


11.2 


27 . . - - 


11.6 


11.3 


13.4 


10.4 


9.0 


7.3 


9.4 


12.5 


10.5 


11.3 


11.5 


11.1 


28...- 


11.6 


11.3 


13.6 


10.4 


9.0 


7.2 


9.5 


12.2 


10.5 


11.1 


11.5 


11.1 


29 -.-_ 


11.6 




13.6 


11.0 


9.4 


6.7 


9.7 


12.3 


10.6 


11.0 


11.4 


11.2 


30--.- 


11.6 




13.5 


11.2 


9.3 


6.4 


9.6 


12.2 


10.6 


11.4 


11.2 


11.1 


31 


11.7 




13.5 








10.0 


12.1 




11.3 




11.3 












Mean 


11.9 


11.7 


12.2 


10.8 


9.8 


8.1 


7.1 


11.8 


14.3 


13.3 


11 2 


11.3 



«Eain in mountains. 



LiIPPlNCOTT.] 



LYTLE CREEK. 



147 



The siiumier of 181i8 wan one during which the smallest stream flow 
occurred in southern California of which we liave record. The period 
of smallest summer flow was during the month of September. During 
this minimum j)eriod the Edison Electric Company had certain meas- 
urements made on Lytle Creek at half hour intervals, to determine 
the diurnal fluctuations. The discharge of the stream was as follows : 



Discharge ineasureiiients of Lytle Creek at Millers Narrows, San Bernardino 

County. 



Date. 


Time. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Date. 


Time. 


Dis- 
charge. 






Sec-feet. 






Sec-feet. 


Sept. 15,1898 


7 a. Ill 


9.16 


Sept. 15, 1898 


10.30 p. m 


8.88 


Do 


7.30 a. Ill 


9.16 


Do 


11 p. ill 


8.88 


Do 


8a. m ...^ 


9.16 


Do 


11.30 p. m 


8.88 


Do 


8.30 a. in 


9.16 


Do 


12 midnight 


9 


Do 


9 a. Ill 


9.00 


Sept. 16, 1898 


12.30 a. m..... 


9 


Do 


9.30 a. m 

10 a. Ill 


7.94 

8.02 


Do 

Do 


1 a. Ill 


9 


Do 


1.30 a. m 


9.16 


Do 


10.30 a. Ill 

11 a. m 


8.02 

8.02 


Do 

Do 


2 a. m 


9.16 


Do 


2.30 a. in 


9.16 


Do 


11.30 a. in 


7.74 


Do 


3 a. Ill 


9.16 


Do 


12 m 


7.46 


Do 


3.30 a. m 


9.16 


Do 


12.30 p. ni 


7.34 


Do 


4 a. m 


9.16 


Do 


1 p. m 


7.20 


Do 


4.30 a. m 


9.16 


Do 


1.30 p. m 

2 p. m 


7.20 
7.20 


Do 

Do 


5 a. m 


9.16 


Do 


5.30 a. m 


9.16 


Do 


2.30 p. m 


- 7.20 


Do 


6 a. m 


9.16 


Do 


3 p. m 


1 .Ob 


Do 


6.30 a. m 


9.16 


Do 

Do 


3.30 p. m 

4 p. m 


7.06 
6.94 
7.06 


Sept. 16, 1898 


12-hour mean 
7 a. Ill 


8.86 


Do 


4.30 p. m 


9.28 


Do 


5 p. m 


7.06 


Do 


7.30 a. m 


9.28 


Do 


5.30 p. m 


7.34 


Do 


8 a. m 


9.16 


Do. 


6 p. m 


7.46 


Do 


8 30 a in 


9 


Do 


6.30 p. m 

12-hour mean 

7 p. m 


7.46 

7.77 


Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 


9 a. in 


9 




9.30 a. m 

10 a. m 

10 30 a in 


8.03 
8.02 


Sept. 15,1898 
Do 


7.46 


7 74 


7.30 p. m 


7.74 


Do 


11 a. m 


7.74 


Do 


8 p. m 


8.40 


Do 


11.30 a. m 


7.46 


Do 


8.30 p. m 


8.58 


Do.__ 


12m 


7.20 


Do_ 


9 D. m 


8.52 


Do 


12.30 p. m 

1 p. m. 


7 20 


Do 


9.30 p. m 


8.72 


Do 


7.06 


Do 


lOp. m 


8.88 


Do 


1.30 p. m 


6.94 



148 OALIFOKNIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no.81. 

Discharge rueasurements of Lytle Creek at Millers Narrows, etc. — Continued. 



Sept. 16,1898 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 



Z p. m 

2.30 p. m 

3 p. m 

3.30 p. m 

4 p. m 

4.30 p. m 

5 p. m 

5.30 p. m 

6 p. m 

6.30 p. m 

13-lionrniean 



Sept. 16,1898 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do_._-_. 
Do 



7 p. m 

7.30 p. m _ 

8 p. m 

8.30 p. m - 

9 p. m 

9.30 p. m _ 

10 p. in_._ 



Dis- 
charge. 



Sec. -feet. 
6.80 
6.94 
7.20 
7.20 
7.34 
7.34 
7.46 
7.46 
7.60 



.75 



8.02 
8.88 
8.88 
8.88 
8.88 
8.88 



Sept. 16, 1898 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Sept. 17, 1898 

Do 

Do 

Do_..... 

Do_ 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 





Sec-feet. 


10.30 p. ni 


9 


11 p. m 


9 


11.30 p. m 


9 


12 midnight . . . 


9 


12.30 a. m 


9.16 


1 a. m 


9.16 


1.30 a. m 


9.16 


2 a. m __. 


9.16 


2.30 a. m 


9.16 


3 a. m 


9.16 


3.30 a. m 


9.16 


4 a. m 


9.16 


4.30 a. m 


9.06 


5 a. m 


9.28 


5.30 a. m 


9.28 


6 a. m 


9.28 


6.30 a. m 


9.28 



12-honrmean 



Dis- 
cliarge. 



9.04 



The following measurements were made by the United States Geo- 
logical Survey : 

Discharge 'measurements of Lytle Creek at month of canyon, San Bernardino 

County. 



July 24,1896 
June 10,1898 
Aug. 27,1898 
Aug. 29,1899 



Hy drographer . 



J. H. Quinton 
J. B. Lippincott 
F.H. Olmsted- 
S. G. Bennett . . 



Dis- 
charge. 



Sec-feet. \ 
15.7 I 
10.7 
10.0 
12.5 



June 8,1900 
Sept. 29, 1900 
Apr. 4,1902 
Sept. 5,1902 



Hy drographer . 



! Dis- 
j charge. 



S. G. Bennett . 
W.W.CocMns,jr 
S.G.Bennett _.. 
W.B.Clapp ... 



Sec-feet 
6.2 
4.6 
19.9 
5.0 



MAMMOTH CREEK. 

See Owens River, Mammoth Creek. 

MARIA IGNACIA CREEK. 

Discharge ineasnrement of Maria Ignacia Greek, Santa Barbara County. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Aug. —,1899 


Geo. F.Wright 


Sec feet. 
0.23 









LIPPINCOTT.] 



DTSCHAHaE TABLES. 
MARIPOSA CREEK. 



149 



Estimated monthly discharge of Mariposa Creek at has& of fooihiils, MarijJOSu 

County. « 

[Drainage area, 123 square miles.] 



1878. 

November 

December 



1879. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 



The year . 

1880. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 



The year . 



Discharge. 



Sec -feet. 






Sec. -feet. 







Total dis- 
chargo. 



Sec.-feef. 





20 



e-feet. 







Sec-feet. 





1,111 

3, 767 

2, 559 

246 

Oj 
I 

! 

j 

I 
922 



, 605 





.16 

.37 

.35 

.03 













.12 



.09 



1,230 

2,819 

1,476 

1,428 

1,107 

714 











5, 657 



14, 431 



.16 



"Authority, CJalifornia State engineering department. Estimated from run-off of neighbor- 
ing streams. 



150 CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no. 81. 

Estimated monthly discharge of Mariposa Creek, etc — Continiied. 



1881. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 



The year . 

1882. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 



Discharge. 



Maximum. Minimum^. 



Sec-feet. Sec-feet. 



The year . 



Sec-feet. 

134 
171 

38 
5 











Total dis. 
charge. 



Acrefeet. Sec-feet. 



Per 
square 
mile. 



8,239 I 
9,497 I 

2,337 I 
298 I 
I 
I 







20,371 





1.333 

4, 550 

5.831 













1,071 

738 

13, 523 



1.10 

1.40 
.31 i 
.04 I 











.15 



Depth. 



1.27 

1.46 

.36 

.04 

















3.13 



.21 

.70 

.89 













.17 

.12 

2.09 



LippiNcoTT.] MAKIPOSA CREEK. 151 

Estimated monthly discharge of Mariposa Creek, etc. — Continued. 



1883. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 



The year _ 

1884. 

January 

February . . 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October . 



Discharge. 



Sec. -feet. 



Sec. -feet. 



'.feet. 

49 

24 

122 

73 

37 

















25 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Acre- feet. 

3,013 

1,333 

7,501 

4,344 

2 275 

















18, 466 



12 

488 

671 

488 

244 

122 

49 









738 

28, 070 

41,258 

29, 037 

15, 003 

7,259 

3,013 









Per 
square 
mile. 



Sec-feet. 

0.40 

.20 

1.00 

.60 

.30 

















.21 

.10 

4.00 

5. 50 

4.00 

2.00 

1.00 

.40 









Depth. 



Inches. 

0.46 

.21 

1.15 

.67 

.35 

















.12 

4.31 

6.34 

4.46 

2.31 

1.12 

.46 









152 CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. 

MAYBERRY CANYON. 

Discharge measurements of Mayherry Canyon, Los Angeles County. 



[NO. 81. 



Date. 


Hy drographer . 


Dis- 
charge. 


Locality. 


Oct. 19,1898 


J. B. Lippincott 

do 

Total flow of can- 
yon 

J. B. Lippincott 


Sec.-ft. 
1.40 

.24 


Alhambra water — i n cl ii d i n g 
pumped water. 

May berry water— i n cl u d i n g 
pumped water. 




1.64 




Sept. 23,1899 


1.38 


Alhambra water— including 
pumped water. 



McCLOUD RIVER. 

Discharge measurements of McCloud River, Shasta County. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Locality. 


Sept. 9, 1901 

Sept. 23,1902 
Sept. 24,1902 
Sept. 26,1902 
Sept. 24,1902 


S. G. Bennett 

do 

Chas. A. Miller 

do 

do 


Sec.-ft. 
1,096 

1,272 

1,325 

1,356 

67 


One-fourth mile above Unit.cl 
States fishery. 

At Hirze Mountain. 

1 mile above Squaw Creek. 

United States fishery. 

Squaw Creek at bridge above 
mouth. 



McINTYRE DITCH. 
See San Bernardino Valley, McTntyre ditch. 

McKENZIE DITCH. 
See San Bernardino Valley, McKenzie ditch. 
MEEKS & DALEY DITCH. 

See San Bernardino Valley, Meeks & Daley ditch. 

MERCED RIVER. 

Merced River above Merced Falls drains approximately 1,090 sqnare 
miles of the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada. Included in the 
eastern portion of its drainage area are a large number of high peaks, 
the highest. Mount Lyell, reaching an elevation of 13,090 feet. 



LIPPINCOTT.] 



MEECED RIVER. 



153 



The midsummer flow of this stream is larger in proportion to its 
drainage area than that of the Tnolumne River, which adjoins it on 
the north. 

In their jplunge into the Yosemite Valley the waters of the Merced 
River and its tributaries form most beautiful waterfalls. 

The measurement and record of this stream was undertaken in 
resi^onse to numerous requests from persons interested in mining and 
irrigation. The midsummer flow of the stream is less than the com- 
bined capacity of the irrigation and power canals taking water in the 
vicinity of Snelling. The owners of these canals offered to pay $100 
toward the expenses of equipping and maintaining the gaging station 
for the first year. Mr. H. H. Henderson, county surveyor of Merced 
Countj^, established a gaging station at a point 1 mile above Merced 
Falls, April 6, 1901. Meter measurements are made from a cable. 
The observer is Mr. Charles Siegfeldt. 

Discharge measurements of Merced River, Merced County. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Gage 
height. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Remarks. 


Sept. 11,1899 
Do_ - 


S. G. Bennett 


Feet. 


Sec-feet. 
35 

5 
16. 5 

6.5 
37 

125 

63 

1,379 

4,139 

1,122 

220 
1,302 
5, 413 

109 
27 

2.1 

89 


River, 1 mile above head- 


do _ 




works Crocker-Hoffman 
Canal. « 

Old Mill Valley ditch. 

Crocker - Hoffman Canal, 


Do 


do ..._.- 




Sept. 10,1900 
Sept. 4, 1902 

Nov. 27,1895 


do 




300 feet below head- 
works. 

Do. 


L. M.Lawson 

J. B. Lippincott 




Crocker-Hoffman Canal, 3 
miles below Snelling. 

Merced Falls. 


Sept. 10,1900 
Apr. 6.1901 
June 11,1901 
Aug. 2,1901 
Aug. 31,1901 
Mar. 6, 1902 
May 13,1902 
Sept. 3, 1902 


S. G. Bennett 




Do. 


.-..-do 

J. B. Lippincott 

S. G. Bennett 

do 

do 

do 

L. M. Lawson 


10.3 
12 

10. 05 

8.6 

10.1 

12.15 


Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 


Sept. 10,1900 


S. G. Bennett 




Merced River Mills Canal, 


Do 


do --.- - - 




2 miles below Snelling. 

Snelling ditch. 

Yosemite Valley, Stone- 
man House. 


Aug. 22,1890 


J. B. Lippincott 





a Several small ditches are taken out of Merced River above this point. 



154 CALIFORNIA HYDROaRAPHY. [no. 81. 

Discharge measurements of Merced Bive}\ Merced County — Contimied. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Gage 
height. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Remarks. 






Feei. 


Sec-feet. 




Sept. 25,1894 


N.C.Ray 




135 


Sec. 6, T. 4 S., R. 17 E., 






M. D. M.; floats. 


Sept.l-10,lS95 


do 


080 


Sec. 36, T. 3 S., R. 16 E., 
M. D. M.; floats. 


Mcir. 25,1899 


do 4,000 


Sec. 22, T. 3 S., R. 16 E., 
M. D. M. ; floats. 


Sept. 20,1899 


J. H. McKenzie 


64 


Sec. 6, T. 4 S., R. 17 E., 
M. D. M.; estimated. 


Oct. 20, 1899 


N. C. Ray . _ 




1,050 


Sec. 22, T. 3 S., R. 16 E., 








M. D. M.; floats. 


Sept. 3, 1900 


do 




55 


Flume at Nameless Min- 








ing Co.'s dam; all water 
turned in. 


Nov. 22,1900 


_do 




20, 228 


Over crest of Nameless 










Mining Co.'s dam. 


Oct. — , 1901 


A. Britt 


67 


Over weir during construc- 
tion of Mas. C. and M. 
Co.'s dam. 








Sept. 3, 1902 


E. T. Perkins 




33 


150 yards above junction 
of Illilonette. 






Do 


do 




2.7 


Tenaya River, 50 yards 
above bridge. 








Do 


do 




6.2 


Illilonette River, 100 yards 
above junction of Mer- 
ced. 






Sept. 4, 1902 ■ 


do . 




2 


Bridal Veil Creek, below 






bridge in Yosemite Val- 
ley. 


Do 


do 




3.2' 


South Fork at Wawona, 








below all buildings. 


Aug. 30,1902 


L. M. Lawson 




76 


Benton Mills power flume 
at Benton Mills. 








Aug. 31,1902 


do 




97 
. 15 


Horseshoe Bend. 


Sept. 1,1902 


do 




Ditch below power house 
at Merced Falls. 


Do_. 


do 




78 


1.000 feet below Merced 








Falls. 



LTPPINCOTT.] 



MEKCED RIVER. 



155 



Estiuiated Diontlily discharge of MerceA River at Merced Falls, Merced Cou7ity.(^ 
[Drainage area, 1,070 square miles.] 



1879. 



January 

February . 
March ..__ 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August _._ 
September 
October . _ _ 
November _ 
December _ 



The year 



1880. 



January 

February _ 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August .-- 
September 
October . . _ 
November _ 
December _ 



The year 



Discharge. 



Sec. -feet. 



Sec-feet. 



-..-feet. 

354 
,506 
;,098 
:,120 
i,336 



172 
75 

75 
172 
646 

1,321 



387 

753 

807 

4,250 

4,842 

5,111 

2,744 

753 

323 

269 

237 

1,291 



1,814 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Act 
21 

83^ 
129^ 
185, 
205, 
198; 

59, 

10 
4 
4 

10 



feet. 
,767 
,639 
001 
653 
123 
,506 
,520 
,576 
,463 
,612 
,235 
721 



952,816 



23, 

43, 

49, 

252, 

297, 
304, 
108, 
46, 
19, 
16, 
14, 
79, 



796 

313 

621 
893 

723 
126 

722 
300 
220 
540 
102 
380 



1,315,736 



Run-off. 



Per 
square 
raile. 



Sec-feet. 

0.33 

1.40 

1.95 

2.90 

3.10 

3.10 

.90 

.16 

.07 

.07 

.16 

.60 



Depth. 



1.23 



.36 

.70 

.75 

3.95 

4.50 

4.75 

2. 55 

.70 

.30 



1.20 



Inche.'i. 

0.38 
1.46 
2.25 

3. 24 

3.57 

3. 46 

1.04 

.18 

.08 

.08 

.18 

.69 



16.61 



1.69 



.42 

.75 

.86 

4.41 

:]. 19 

O.30 

2.94 

.81 

.33 

.29 

.25 

1.38 



22 



"Authority, state engineer, from 1879 to 1884, inclusive. Figures for January, February, and 
March, 1879, May, June, and July, 1881, November and December, 1882, and the years 18S3 and 
1884, are estimated from the run-off of neighbormg streams. Those from April, 1879, to April, 
1881, and from August, 1881, to October, 1882, inclusive, are estimated in part from rod records. 



156 OALIFORKIA HYDROGBAPHY. [no. 81. 

Estimated 'monthly discharge of Merced River at Merced Falls, etc. — Continued. 



1881. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September .._ 

October 

November. . . 
December 



The year . 

1882. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August - . . 

September 

October . . 

November- . .. 
December . . 



Discharge. 



Maximum. Minimum 



The year . 



.-feet 

,044 

,443 

,560 

,798 

,412 

,336 

.506 

377 

129 

75 

75 

323 



172 
753 
506 
260 
658 
336 
076 
215 
12D 
484 
387 
237 



1,184 



Total dis- 
charge. 



125, 

191 

9; 

166, 

271, 

198, 

92, 

23, 

'^; 

4, 

4, 

19, 



■feet. 

681 
,214 
,921 
,493 
283 
506 
600 
,181 
676 
612 
463 



1,201,489 



10, 

41, 

92, 

134, 

224, 

198, 

66, 

13, 

7, 

29, 

23, 

14, 



576 
820 
600 
479 
922 
506 
161 
220 
676 
760 
028 
573 



857, 319 



Per 
square 
mile. 



Siec.feet. 

1.90 

3.20 

1.45 

2.60 

4.10 

3.10 

1.40 

. 35 

.12 

.07 

.07 

.30 



1.55 



.16 

.70 

1.40 

2.10 

3.40 

3.10 

1.00 

.20 

.12 

.45 



1.10 



LippiNcoTi.] MEKCED ElVER. 157 

Estimated monthly discharge of Merced River at Merced Falls, etc. — Continued. 



1883. 



January -- 
February _ 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August - . - 
September 
October _ _ . 
November 
December _ 



The year 

1884. 

January 

February 

March _ . 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 



Discharge. 



Sec-feet. 



■.-feet. 

344 
355 
915 
,260 

,488 
,412 
,184 
377 
237 
183 
161 
172 



1,341 



237 
712 
820 
896 
434 
510 
358 
130 
237 
172 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Aere-feet. 

21,152 

19,716 

56, 261 

134, 479 

337, 444 

262, 532 

72,801 

23,181 

14, 102 

11,252 

9,580 

10,576 



973, 071 



14, 573 

155,996 

234, 883 

291,332 

334, 124 

387, 372 

267, 963 

69,481 

14, 102 

10,576 



Per 
square 
mile. 



Sec-feet. 

.32 

.33 

.85 

2.10 

5.10 

4.10 

1.10 

.35 

.22 

.17 

.15 

.16 



1.25 



.22 
2.52 
3.55 
4.55 
5.05 
6.05 
4.05 
1.05 
. 22 
.16 



Depth. 



Inches. 
.37 

.34 

.98 

2.34 

5.88 

4.57 

1.27 

.40 

.25 

.20 

.17 

.18 



16.95 



.25 

2.72 
4.09 
5.07 
5.82 
6.75 
4.67 
1.21 
.25 
.18 



158 



CALIFOENIA HYDEOGKAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



Estimated inonthly disclutrge of Merced River, Merced County, 1 mile (dwve 

Merced Falls .^t 

[Drainage area, 1,U;X) square miles.] 



Discharge. 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Per 

square 
mile. 



Depth. 



1901. 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August -- 

September 

October 

November 

December 

1902. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August - - 

September 

October 

November . _ _ 
December 

The year 



.Sec-feet. 

5,000 

9,450 

8,220 

4,560 

2,090 

250 

990 

780 

2,090 



410 

4, 020 

5, 720 

5, 460 

6,240 

5,460 

1,110 

320 

110 

280 

1,110 

1,340 



6,240 



1,090 

2,700 

3,380 

1,090 

220 

130 

150 



220 



195 

170 

460 

730 

2,180 

1,220 

280 

110 

65 

65 

90 

195 



65 



Sec-feet. 

2,687 

5, 419 

5, 389 

2,096 

704 

183 

265 

399 



236 

749 

1,367 

2, 457 

3, 795 

3, 142 

481 

191 

88 

90 

246 

303 



1,095 



Acre-feet. 

133,240 
333, 201 
320, 678 

128,878 
43. 287 
10, 889 
16,294 

23, 742 

35,478 



14,511 

41,597 

84,054 

146, 202 

233, 345 

186,962 

29, 576 

11,744 

5, 236 

5, 534 

14, 638 

18,631 



792, 030 



1.55 

4.97 

4.94 

1.92 

.65 

.17 

.24 

.37 



.69 
.25 

;.25 
.48 
;.88 
.44 
.18 
.08 
.08 
.23 
.28 



1.01 



1.73 
5.73 
5.51 
2.21 

.75 
.19 
.28 
.41 
.61 



,25 

.72 

1.44 

2.51 

4.01 

3.21 

.51 

.21 

.09 

.09 

.26 

.82 

13.62 



« U. S. Geol. Survey. 



MILL CREEK. 

See King River, Mill Creek. 

MILL CREEK. 

This stream is one of the larger tributaries of Santa Ana River, 
although on account of its importance for irrigation it is generally 
considered as an independent stream. It rises on the western shjpe 
of the San Bernardino Mountains, draining the area immediately 
south of the headwaters of Santa Ana River. Mill Creek appears 
from its canyon about 5 miles east of Redlands. The Crafton Water 



I.IPPINCOTT.] 



MILL CREEK. 



159 



ConipMiiy diverts all the water of this creek at the moath of the 
canyon, i)articnlarly in the summer. The water j^asses over a Aveir, 
and the volume is therefore determined with considerable accuracy. 

Discharge measurements of Mill Creek at Jiecultcorks Crafton Caiuil, San Bernar- 
dino County. 



Hydrographer. 



Dis- 
cliarge. 



Nov. 9, 
Dec. 8, 
July 15, 
July 23, 
Jan. 12, 
Apr. 29, 
Oct. 2, 
Apr. 12, 
June 12, 
Sept. 8, 
Oct. 18, 
Mar. 23, 
May 6, 
May 81, 
June 15, 
July 27, 
Aug. 24, 

Do_. 
Apr. 14, 
July 13, 

Do_. 
Mar. 30, 
May 5, 

Do_. 



1898 
1898 
1899 
1898 
1899 
1898 
1900 
1898 
1898 
1898 
1898 
1899 
1899 
1899 
1899 
1899 
1899 



1900 
1900 



1901 
1900 



July 6, 
Feb. 18, 
July 29, 
Dec. 5. 
Apr. 5, 
Do_. 
May 31, 
July 10, 
Sept. 3, 
Nov. 5, 



1901 
1899 
1896 
1901 
1902 



1902 
1902 
1902 
1902 



F. H. Olmsted 

do 

S. G. Bennett 

J. B. Lippincott 

S. G. Bennett . . . . . 
J. B. Lippincott- ._ 
W. W. Cockins, jr. 
J. B. Lippincott -- - 

....-do 

.....do 

F. H.Olmsted. ._. 

S. G. Bennett 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

J. H. Quinton 

S. G. Bennett 

do 

.....do 

do 

do 

W. B. Clapp 

S. G. Bennett 



Sec-feet. 

15. 
12. 

7. 
11. 
10. 
18. 
«8. 
15. 
18. 
18. 
15. 
15. 
14. 
11. 

6. 

4. 
^b. 

n. 

10. 

ft 5. 
c8. 
20. 

^8. 
23. 
10. 
14. 
14. 
15. 
&5. 
19. 
10. 
5. 
12. 



Of which 1.85 i^ pumped. 



c" Pumped. 



160 



CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. 



[NO. 81.. 



Dischavfje measurements of Mill Creek at Mountain Home, San Bernardino 

County. 

[Measurements made by Edison Electric Company.] 



Date. 



Sept. 15, 1898: 

7 a. m 

7.80 a. in 

8 a. m 

8.30 a. in 

9 a. ni 

9.30 a. m 

10 a. m 

10.30 a. m 

11 a. in 

11.30 a. m 

12 m 

12.30 p. m 

1 p. m 

1.30 p. m 

2 p. m - - . 

2.30 p. m 

3 p. m 

3.30 p. m 

4 p. m 

4.30 p. m 

5 p. m 

5.30 p. m 

6 p. m 

6.30 p. m 

12-hour mean 

Sept. 15, 1898: 

7 p. m 

7.30 p. m 

8 p. in-__ 

8.30 p. m 

9 p. m 

9.30 p. m 

10 p. m 

10.30 p. m 

11 p. m 

11.30 p. m 

12 midnight . . . 



Dis- 
charge. 



Sec-feet. 

11.74 
11.74 
11.58 
11.74 
11.74 
11.42 
11.26 
11.26 
11.08 
10.78 
10.48 
10.32 
10 

9.84 
9.54 
9.40 
9.24 
9.24 
9.24 
9.24 
9.24 
9.24 
9.54 
9. 54 

10.35 



9.54 
9.42 
9.84 
9.84 
10 

10.16 
10.36 
10.48 
10.48 
10.78 
10.62 



Sept. 16, 1898: 

12.30 a. m 

1 a. m 

1.30 a. m 

2 a. m 

2.30 a. m 

3 a. m 

3.30 a. m 

4 a. m 

4.30 a. m 

5 a. m 

5.30 a. m 

6 a. m 

6.30 a. m 

12-hour mean 

Sept. 16, 1898: 

7 a. m 

7.30 a. m 

8 a. m 

8.30 a. m 

9 a. m 

9.30 a. m 

10 a. m 

10.30 a. m 

11 a. m 

11.30 a. m 

12m 

12.30 p. m 

1 p. m 

1.30 p. m 

2 p. m 

2.30 p. m 

3 p. m 

3.30 p. m 

4p. m 

4.30 p.m 

5 p. m 

5.30 p. m 



MPPiNcoTT] MILL CREEK. 161 

Discharge 7iieasurements of Mill Creek at Mountain Home, etc. — Continued. 



Date. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Date. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Sept. 16, 1898: 
6 p. m 


Sec-feet. 
9.08 

9.40 


Sept. 17, 1898: 
12.30 a. m 


Sec-feet. 
10.48 


6.30 p. m 


1 a. m__ 

1.30 a. m ... . 


10.48 




9.92 


10.64 


12-hour mean 


2 a. m ... 


10.78 


Sept. 16, 1898: 

7 p. m 

7.30 p. m -_ 

8 p. m 

8.30 p. m 


9.54 

9.68 

9.68 

9.84 

9.84 

9.84 

10.16 

10.16 

10.32 

10.32 

10.32 


2.30a.m 

! 3 a. m 

3.30 a. m 

: 4 a. m 

4.30 a. m 

5 a. m 

5.30 a. m 

6 a. m 

6.30 a. m 

12-hour mean 

1 


10.78 
10.78 
10.78 
10.78 


9 p. m 

9.30 p. m ' 

10 p. m 

10.30 p. m 

11 p. m 

11.30 p. m 

12 midnight 


11.08 
11.08 
11.08 
11.26 
11.26 


10.46 



Discharge measurements of Mill Creek, San Bernardino County. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Locality. 


July 15,1899 
Oct. 2,1900 


S. G. Bennett . 

W.W. Cockins, jr 


Sec-feet. 
8.9 

7.3 


Redlands Power Co., lower in- 
take. « 

Do. 



«Loss from this intake to head of Crafton Canal, 1.46 .second-feet, 
IRR 81 — 03 11 



162 



CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



Estimated monthly discharge of Mill Creek at Crafton Canal headivorks. 
[Drainage area, 47 square miles.] 



1895. 

August 

September 

October 



1896. 



May 

June 

July 

August 

September 
October 



February _ 

March 

April 

May ._. 

June 

July 

August 

September 
October . . _ 
November, 
December . 



1900. '' 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May _ _ - 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October . . . 

November 1 to 17 . 



Discharge. 



Maximum. Minimum 



Sec-feet. 

27.6 
26.5 
24.5 

21.4 
16.0 
16.0 
13.2 
15.0 
13.1 

13.0 

16.0 

18.0 

12.0 

17.0 

7.2 

7.2 

5. 7 

8.5 

11.2 

14.6 

10.6 
10.0 
13.2 
13. 3 
17.0 
8.2 
0.3 



Sec-feet. Sec-feet. 

24. 24. 5 

19.5 I 22.0 

17.0 I 19.6 



Total 
discharge. 



! 



8.5 ! 

« Exclusive 



13.4 
10.3 
11.5 
11.6 
11.5 
10.5 

11.6 

12.2 

11.8 

11.2 

8.7 

5.8 

5.8 

4.1 

6.5 

8.6 

9.5 

10.0 

10.0 

10.0 

10.0 

12.0 

7.0 

5.0 

5. 

5. 

5.0 

5.0 

)f pumped water. 



9.4 
5.1 
6.1 

8.7 
7.4 
9.0 

11.0 

10.0 

11.0 

10.0 

4.0 

4.8 

2.9 

2.0 

4.3 

6.1 

5.3 

9.8 
9.8 
9.6 
8.9 



3. 3 

4. 3 
4.3 
3.8 

5. 1 



-re-feef. 
1,505 
1,310 
1,205 

825 
615 
709 
716 
687 
637 

644 
750 
702 
689 
518 
317 
357 
244 
400 
512 
584 

615 
555 
615 
595 
738 
417 
307 
307 
298 
307 
298 



Run-ofif, 



Per 
square 
mile 



Sec-feet. 

0.52 

.47 

.42 



.26 I 
.25 I 
.23 I 
.19 I 
.12 ! 

.09 i 

.14 I 
.18 I 
.20 I 

22 I 



16 I 
11 \ 
11 I 

U I 

tl i 
11 ' 



LiPPiNCOTT.] MILL CREEK. 163 

Estimated monthly discharge of Mill Creek at Crafton Canal headtvorks — Cont'd. 



1901. 
> to 30 . . 



June 19 

July 

August (23 days)«-. 

September . . _ . 

October 

November 

December 



Discharge. 



Maximum. Minimum. Mean. 



^ec.-feet. 

20.9 
19.1 
50.0 
16.6 
13.2 
12.3 
12.3 



Sec.-feei. 

19.4 
13.9 
15.0 
11.4 
12.3 
11.6 
10.3 



Sec-feet. 
20.1 
15.9 
19.1 
14.0 
12.6 
12.3 
12.0 



Acre-feet. 

478 
975 

870 
835 
774 
731 
738 



Rnn-off. 



Sec-feet. 

.43 
.34 
.41 
.30 



Depth. 



.19 
.39 
.35 
.33 
.31 
.29 
.30 



oOn August 16 a cloudburst in Mill Creek Canyon and Crafton Hills filled zanje and siipply 
canal with sand. No record from August 16 to 23, inclusive. 

MILL CREEK, GREEN SPOT PIPE LINE. 

See Santa Ana River, Green Si:)ot x)ipe line. 

MILL CREEK. 

See Stanislans River, Mill Creek. 

MILL FLUME AND PUMP, RIVERSIDE WATER COMPANY. 

See San Bernardino Valle}'. 

MISSION CREEK. 

Discharge measurements of Mission Creek. Santa Barbara County, 200 feet 

aboue dam. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Jan. 15, 1888 


A.Poett._ .. . ,_ 


Sec-feet. 
0.93 


Jan. 24, 1888 


do 


2.80 


Feb. 7, 1888 


do 


1.87 


Mar. 16.1888 


do . . . . 


2.23 


July 26,1888 


do 


.86 


July 13,1889 


do 


.43 


Aug. —,1889 


G.F.Wright 


.46 


Sept. 1,1889 


A.Poett _ ... 


.32 


June 11,1892 


do ,, 


.36 


June 17,1900 


R. Moyer 


«.05 









"Above diversions, but not on bed I'ock. 



164 



CALIFOENIA HYDROGEAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



MOHAVE RIVER. 

The streams forming the headwaters of this river have their source 
ou the northern slope of the Sierra Madre and flow northerly, the 
river finally disappearing in the sands of the Mohave Desert. At 
Victorville, a station on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, 
the river passes through a narrow gorge, locally known as The 
Narrows. This place has been under investigation as a possible dam 
site, and soundings for the. depth of bed rock were made by the 
United States Geological Survey during the season of 1899. The 
greatest depth of bed rock was found to be 54 feet. The diamond 
drill showed the rock to be a fine-grained granite.^'' Above The Nar- 
rows the valley broadens into a large reservoir site, and at the 145-foot 
flow line is said to cover 7,718 acres. In order to determine the 
amount of water available for storage for this reservoir, a gaging 
station was established February 27, 1899. The rod is a 2 by 6 inch 
timber, bolted to a vertical cliff on the right bank of the river, 600 
feet upstream from the wagon bridge. The bench mark is top of 
east rail of the Santa Fe track, 75 feet south of center of wagon 
bridge over track. The zero mark of rod is 12.84 feet below bench 
mark. 

Discharge measurements of Mohave River at Victorville Narroivs, San Be/rnardino 

County. 



Date. 


Hydrograplier. 


height. 


Dis- 
charge. 


1899. 
Feb. 27 


B. Cole 


Feet. 

1.0 
.9 
.9 

.85 
.85 

.9 

.9 

.9 

.9 

•9 

.9 

.85 

.85 

.85 


Sec-feet. 

44 


May 
June 13 


S. G. Bennett 

do 


33 
31 


July 26 
Sept. 

1900. 
Apr. 13 
Apr. 28 
May 11 
May 23 
May 29 
June 3 


do 


27 


do 


28 


.do 


36 


P. H. Leahy : 

do . . - 


42 
36 


_do _ - 


34 


do 


26 


do - - 


24 


June 20 


do . - 


29 


July G 
July 25 


do 


31 


do 


28 



a Twenty-first Ann. Rept. U. S. Geo!. Survey, pt. 4, 1901, p. 472. 



LippiNcoTT.] MOHAVE RIVEE. 165 

Discharge measurements of Mohave Biver at Victorville Narrows, etc. — Continued. 



Date. 


Hy drographer . 


Gage 
height. 


Dis- 
charge. 


1901. 

Feb. 11 


S. G. Bennett . 


Feet. 
1.4 
1.3 
.9 
.9 
.9 
.85 
.85 
.85 
.9 
.9 
.9 
.9 
.9 
.9 
.9 
.9 
.9 
.9 
.9 
.9 
.9 

.9 
.9 
.9 
.9 
.9 
,9 
.9 
.9 


Sec-feet. 
664 


Mar. 4 


P. H. Leahy 


512 


Mar. 25 


.. .do.- . 


50 


Apr. 9 


do 


39 


Apr. 27 

May 10 


do 

do ._ 


48 

47 


May 25 


do 


51 


June 10 


do 


43 


June 25 


do .. 


42 


July 12 


do 


40 


July 28 


do 


42 


Aug. 8 


do 


45 


Aug. 81 


do 


55 


Sept. 6 


do 


49 


Sept. 20 


do . _- - . . 


61 


Oct. 5 


do 


57 


Oct. 24 


do . 


82 


Nov. 6 


do 


78 


Nov. 24 


do 


76 


Dec. 10 


_do 


76 


Dec. 25 


do 


69 


1902. 
Jan. 4 


do 


47 


Jan. 21 


do 


53 


Feb. 1 


do 


58 


Feb. 25 


do .... . ... . . 


63 


Mar. 5 


do 


66 


Mar. 29 


do. 


66 


Apr. 5 


do 


67 


Apr. 19 


do _ 


62 


Apr. 26 


do 


47 


May 10 
May 25 
June 8 


do - - . 




37 


do 




49 


do 




53 


June 27 


do 




47 


July 5 


do . . 




38 


July 26 


do 




41 


Aug. 9 


do ... ...... 




48 


Aug. 15 


do 




33 


Oct. 20 


.....do 




49 


Oct. 30 


do 




45 


Nov. 10 


do .. 1 




43 


Nov. 27 


... do 




50 


Dec. 11 


do 




68 


Dec. 19 


.... do. 




69 


Dec. 27 


S. G. Bennett 




55 











166 



CALIFOKNIA HYDROGEAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



Estimated monthly discharge of Mohave River at Victorville. 
[Drainage area 400 square miles.] 



Discharge. 



Maxiraum. Minimum. Mean, 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Depth. 



1899. 

January - . - 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October _ _ 

November _ 

December 1 to 1:] . 

1900. 

January 

February 

March _ 

April 

May 

June 

July . 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December . 



Sec-feet. 



Sec^feet. 



Sec-feet. 



Acre-feet. 



Sec-feet. 



The year 



44 
60 
80 
44 
33 
33 
29 
29 
29 
33 
3,200 
33 

3,200 



28 



2,275 
2,202 
2,029 
1,726 
1,660 
1,476 
1,309 
1,414 
1,607 
1,722 



0.09 



.07 
.07 
.06 
.05 
.06 
.07 
.07 



44 
49 
57 
35 
33 
30 
26 
29 
29 
32 
139 
33 



2, 705 
2,721 
3,505 
2,083 
2,029 
1,785 
1,599 
1,783 
1,726 
1,968 
8,271 
2,029 

32, 204 



0.10 
.10 
.09 

.08 
.08 
.07 
.06 
.07 
.08 
.08 



.13 
.12 
:16 
.10 
.09 
.09 
.07 
.08 



.39 



1.49 



LippiNcoTT.] MOHAVE EIVEE. 167 

Estimated monthly discharge of Mohave River at Victorville — Continued. 



1901. 

January 

February 

March 

April .. 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 

The year 

1902. 

January 

February 

March 

April ._ 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 

The year 



Discharge. 



Maximura. Minimum. Mean. 



Scc.-feet. 

4,180 
4,820 
660 
44 
49 
42 
40 
50 
55 
69 
77 
73 



4,820 



53 
63 

66 
67 
49 
53 

41 

^8 



(«) 



Sec-feet. 
50 
50 
50 
44 
49 
42 
40 
50 
55 
69 
77 
73 



40 



(«) 



33 



•.-feet. 

183 

925 

178 

44 

49 

42 

40 

50 

55 

69 

77 

73 



149 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Run-off. 



Per 

square 
mile. 



Acre-feet. 

11,252 

51,372 

10, 945 

2,618 

3,013 

2,499 

2,460 

. 3, 074 

3,273 

4,243 

4,582 

4,489 



Sec-feet. 

0.46 
2.31 
.45 
.11 
.12 
.11 
.10 
.13 
.14 
.17 
.19 
.18 



103, 820 



50 
60 
66 
59 
43 
50 
40 
40 

47 
46 
65 



3,074 
3,332 
4,058 
3,511 
2,644 
2,975 
2,460 
2,460 
2,618 
2,890 
2,737 
3,997 



36, 756 



ti Estimated. 



168 



CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. 



[NO, 81. 



MOKELUMNE RIVER. 

The Mokelumne River drains 537 square miles of the western slopes 
of the Sierra Nevada above Electra, Cal. A gaging station was estab- 
lished at this point by Burr Bassell, C. E., while employed by the 
Standard Electric Company. Daily gage readings were taken from 
January 1 to June 30, 1901, and numerous meter measurements were 
made. 

Discharge measurement a of Mokelumne River, Amador County. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Gage 
height. 


Discharge, 


Locality 


1900. 
Sept. 12 

Sept. 12 

1901. 
Jan. 8 
Feb. 4 
Feb. 15 
Feb. 19 
Feb. 22 
Feb. 26 
Mar. 4 
May 3 
May 21 


S. G. Bennett 


Feet. 


Second -feet. 
37 

4.8 

1,717 

608 

966 
13,213 
6,330 
3,846 
2,723 
2,232 
3,016 


Amador ditch at Camp Ta- 
beaud. « 

Butte ditch above Electra. 


do :.--- 




B. Bassell 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 


5.9 
4.2 

4.8 
11.0 
8.6 
7.4 
6.6 
6.2 
6.7 


Electra. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 


do 

E.T.Perkins 


Do. 


1902. 
Aug. 14 
Aug. 14 


51 
30 


Do. 


do 




Electra power plant discharge. 


Total 






81 




1895. 
Jan. 6 
Mar. 20 
Aug. 27 

1899. 
Aug. 20 
Sept. 14 


J.B. Lippincott-_ 

do 

do 

. .do 


12.25 
8.0 
1.3 




1,063 

1,068 
91 

56 
33 


Lodi.ft 
Do. 
Do. 

Do. 


S. G. Bennett .... 




Mokelumne Hill. 



a Capacity of ditch, 64 second-feet; 
Authority, Burr Bassell. 
b The Woodbridge diversion dam, 



25 second-feet carried out of basm to .Jackson and Sutter 
2 miles below Lodi, affects gage heights. 



ijppiNCOTT.] MOKELUMNE KIVER. . 169 

Discharge measurements of Mokelumne River, Amador County — Continued. 



Date. 


Hydrographer: 


Gage 
height. 


Discharge. 


Locality. 


1900. 


_ 


Feet. 


Sec. feet. 




Sept. 12 


S. G. Bennett _ . . . 




15 


Mokelumne Hill. 


1902. 










Aug. 12 


do 


2.8 


40 


Woodbridge Canal at head. 


Aug. 16 


L.Lawson 


3.0 


29 


Do. 


Aug. 12 
Aug. 13 


S. G. Bennett 




33 


At Woodbridge. 


do 


1.0 


67 


i mile below Lancha Plana dam. 


Aug. 14 


E. T. Perkins 




51 


Amador ditch, ^ mile above 






tunnel. 


Aug. 14 


do 




53 


Standard Power Canal at flume 






No. 59, near Electra. 


Aug. 15 


do 




21 


Mokelumne ditch in flume 






South Fork Mokelumne River! 


Aug. 15 


do 




1.7 


Middle Fork, 150 feet below 






bridge near West Point. 


Aug. 15 


do 




61 


North Fork, i mile above bridge 
■ near West Point. 






Aug. 16 


do 




4.8 


Mokelumne ditch. 2 miles south- 






east Fort Mountain, South 
Fork. 


Aug. 14 


L.Lawson 




65 


Clements. 


Aug. 15 


.....do.... i 


126 


i mile below Lancha Plana dam. 




1 





170 



OALIFOENIA HYDROGRAPHY. 



LNO. 81. 



Estimated monthly discharge of Mokelumne River at Lone Star Mills, ci' 
[Drainage area 657 square miles.] 



Discharge. 



Maximum. Minim^um 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Run-off. 



1878. 
November ^ . _ 
December '^ 



1879. 

January ^ 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August ^ 

September ^ . _ 

October^ 

November ^ _ _ 
December 



The year . 

1880. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

Jnly : 

August 

September 

October ^ 

November ^' 

December 



The year 



Sec-feet. 



2,107 
7,575 
3,420 
5,072 
6,170 
5, 610 
1,117 



624 



288 

520 

728 

9,642 

8,071 

7,326 

5, 201 

480 

134 



998 



Sec. -feet. 



Sec-feet. 



33 



Acre-feet. 
1,964 
2,029 



Sec-feet. 

0.05 

.05 



134 

676 

1,579 

1,348 
.1,579 



224 



328 

1,198 

1,369 

3,065 

3,247 

3,629 

538 

164 

26 

19 

59 

465 



20, 168 

66, 534 

84, 177 

182, 380 

199, 650 

215, 941 

33, 080 

10, 084 

1,547 

1,168 

3,511 

28, 592 



1,175 



846, 833 



256 

288 
520 

728 
3, 048 

4, 685 

572 
134 



279 

396 

644 

4,553 

5, 031 

6,054 

2, 745 

365 

29 

164 

98 

291 



17, 155 

22, 778 

39, 598 

270, 922 

309, 344 

360, 238 

168, 783 

22, 443 

1,726 

10, 084 

5,831 

17,893 



1,721 



1,246,795 



.50 

1.82 

2.08 

4.67 

4.94 

5.52 

.82 

.25 

.04 

.03 

.09 

.71 



1.79 



.42 



6.93 

7.66 

9.21 

4.18 

.55 

.04 

.25 

.15 

.44 



2.61 



't Authority, California State engineering department. 

'> Estimated from run-off of neighboring streams and from previous measurements. 



LippiNCOTT.] MOKELUMNE RIVER. 171 

Estimated monthly discharge of Mokelumme River at Lone Star Mills — Cont'd. 



Discharge. 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Run-off. 



1881. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August « 

September « _ _ 

October « 

November « _ . 
December ^< 



The year . 

1882. « 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May - 

June. 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 



The year _ 



Sec. -feet. 
8,536 
8,852 
2,701 
4,556 
4,298 
2,701 
520 



Sec-feet. 
192 
624 
728 
1,810 
1,579 
572 



-feet. 

037 

049 

126 

195 

034 

237 

159 

98 

98 

66 

207 

624 



1,160 



591 

62^ 
971 

628 
927 
285 
788 
66 
59 
230 
207 
207 



1,298 



Acre-feet. 

63, 763 

169, 333 

69, 235 

190, 116 

186, 553 

73, 607 

9,777 

6,026 

5,831 

4, 058 

12,317 

38, 368 



Sec. -feet. 

1.58 

4.64 

1.71 

4.86 

4.62 

1.88 

.24 

.15 

.15 

.10 

.32 

.95 



828, 984 



1.77 



36, 339 

34, 655 

121,192 

156, 377 

302, 949 

195, 471 

48, 452 

4,058 

3,511 

14, 142 

12,317 

12,728 



.90 

.95 

3.00 

4.00 

7.50 

5.00 

1.20 

.10 

.09 

.35 

.31 

.31 



942, 191 



1. 



(t Estimated from run-off of neighboring streams and from previous measui-ements. 



172 CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no. 81. 

Eatimated inonthly discharge of Mokelumne River at Lone Star Mills — Cont'd. 



1883. « 

January 

February 

March 

April - 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 



The year . 

1884. « 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

Jnly- 

August 

September 

October 



Discharge. 



Maximum. Minimum. Mean. 



Sec-feet. 



Sec-feet. 



Sec-feet. 

414 

328 

591 

1,971 

3,942 

2,628 

657 

263 



132 
132 



938 



164 
1,971 
3,942 
3,942 

3,285 

2,957 

2,628 

657 

131 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Acre-feet. 

25, 456 

18,216 

36, 339 

117,283 

242, 384 

156,377 

40, 397 

16,171 

5,831 

6,026 

7,855 

8,116 

680,451 



10, 084 
113,373 
242, 384 
234, 565 
201,987 
175, 954 
161,589 

40, 397 
7,795 
6,026 



Per 
square 
mile. 



Depth. 



Sec feet. 

0.63 

.50 

.90 

3.00 

6.00 

4.00 

1.00 

.40 

.15 

.15 

.20 

.20 



I 



1.43 



.25 
3.00 
6.00 
6.00 
5.00 
4.50 
4.00 
1.00 
.20 
.15 



Inches. 

0.73 

.52 

1.04 

3: 35 

6.92 

4.46 

1.15 

.46 

.17 

.17 

.22 

.23 



19.42 



.29 
3.24 
6.92 
6.69 
5.76 
5.02 
4.61 
1.15 
.22 
.17 



"Estimated from run-off of neighboring streams and from previous measurements. 



LiIPPINCOTT.] 



MOKELUMNE RIVER. 



173 



Estimated vionthly discharge of Mokelumne River at Electra. « 
[Drainage area, 537 square miles.] 



Discharge. 



Maximum. Minim.um. Mean. 



Total die- 
cliarge. 



Per 
square 
mile. 



Depth. 



1901. 



January _ . . 
February . 

March 

April 

May 

June - - 

July 

August 

September . 

October 

November . 



Sec-feet. 

4,600 
13,210 
4,020 
3,160 
9,980 
6,790 



Sec-feet. 

330 

610 

1,130 

950 

1,960 

1,350 



Sec-feet. 



000 
302 
004 
040 
627 
833 
260 
190 
60 
76 
210 



Acre-feet. 

61,488 
183, 384 
123, 221 
121,388 
284, 503 
228, 145 

15,987 

11,683 
3,570 
4,673 

12, 496 



Sec-feet. 

1.86 

G.15 

3.73 

3.80 

8.62 

7.14 

.48 

.35 

.11 

.14 

.39 



2.14 

6.40 

4.30 

4.24 

9.93 

7.97 

.55 

.40 

.12 

.16 

.44 



a Authority, United States G-eological Survey. 

MONO LAKE DRAINAGE. 

Discharge 7neasurements in Mono Lake drainage basin, Mono County, Cal. 



Date. 


Hy dr ographer . 


Discharge. 


Locality. 






Sec. -feet. 




July 29,1902 


F. H. Olmsted 


46.72 


Mill Creek, just below Lundy 
Lake and above all diversions. 


July 30,1902 


do 


. 89.00 


Leevining, just above Rhinedollar 
Lake. 


Aug. 1,1902 


do 


26. 36 


Walker Creek, easterly from 
Bloody Canyon. 


Do 


do 


21.65 


Parker Creek. 


Do 


do 


62.40 


Rush Creek, above Silver Lake. 









NIAGARA CREEK. 

See Stanislaus River, Niagara Creek. 

OWENS RIVER. 

Discharge measurements of Owens River, Inyo County. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Discharge. 


Locality. 


Aug. 4, 1902 
Do 


F.H.Olmsted 

do 


Sec-feet. 
26.87 

37.14 


Mammoth Creek at sawmill. 
Convict Creek near crossing of 






Bishop road. 



174 CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no.81. 

PACOIMA CANYON. 
See Los Angeles River, Pacoima. 

PADARO CREEK. 

Discharge measurement of Padaro Creek, Santa Barbam County. 



Date. 



Hydrogi'apher. 



Dis- 
charge. 



Aug. — , 1899 



G. F. Wright. _ 



Sec-feet. 
0.31 



PALLETT CREEK. 

See Big Rock Creek, Pallett Creek. 

PASADENA MESA. 

UNDERGROUND WATER OBTAINED FROM THE BED OF ARROYO SECO 
AND PASADENA MESA. 

An examination of the underground water supply in the vicinity of 
Pasadena was made by Mr. J. B. Lippincott in October, 1898, the 
results of which are given in the following paragraphs : 

Pasadena Mesa, lying south of the Sierra Madre, is bounded on the 
west, along the eastern bank of Arroyo Seco, by a low range of gran- 
ite and clay hills; on the south by Raymond Hill, which is of sand- 
stone, and by a dike, the capping of which apparently consists of 
adobe or gIslj. This dike extends from Raymond Hill, on the south 
side of the city of Pasadena, in a direction a little north of east, 
through Sunnj^ Slope and Baldwin ranches to the base of the Sierra 
Madre near the mouth of Santa Anita Canyon. The mesa proper con- 
sists of deposits of sand, gravel, and bowlders, the larger bowlders 
Ijang near the mountains and the finer material near the southern 
slope. The voids in this absorbent material act as a storage reser- 
voir, being filled by the flood waters issuing from the steep slopes on 
the southern face of the Sierrit Madre. The underground waters are 
reenforced b}^ the return water from irrigation on the mesa. From 
1893 to 1902, inclusive, was a period of unusual drought, but most of 
the developments were new in 1898. 

Arroyo Seco, draining 21 square miles of the Sierra Madre, issues 
from these mountains on the north side of Pasadena Mesa, passes 
through an opening in a granite spur known as Devils Gate, and joins 
Los Angeles River at Los Angeles. Between the point where the 
water from this basin issues from the mountains and Devils Gate lies 
a broad river bottom 2 miles in length, composed of coarse material. 
In passing over this the water sinks rapidly, diminishing in volume 
from the mouth of the canyon to Devils Gate. 



L.IPPINCOTT.] 



PASADENA MESA. 



175 



Pasadena water companies have built extensive development tun- 
nels above Devils Gate, cross cutting beneath the eastern bank and 
under the mesa land. A submerged dam at Devils Gate assists the 
tunnel developments by intercepting the underflow. An examination 
of these tunnels shows that no impervious stratum is encountered 
after the granite ledge at Devils Gate is passed. Of the water 
obtained from these development works, G9 per cent is gained from 
the portion of the tunnel which is beneath the mesa. A well about 




Fig. 3.— Map showing location of wells near Pasadena. 



4,000 feet upstream from the tunnel and 200 feet deep, in the bed of 
the wash near the mouth of the mountain canyon of the Arroyo Seco, 
was drained by the extension of this line of tunnels under Pasadena 
Mesa. 

From the investigations the conclusion is reached that the water 
from Arroyo Seco which sinks between the mouth of the canyon 
proper and Devils Gate passes under the eastern bank of Arroyo 
Seco between these points and augments the underground water of 



176 CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no. 81. 

Pasadena Mesa. Otherwise it would be difficult to account for the 
large amount of water which is obtained from the lower development 
works at the southern dike of Pasadena Mesa. This mesa is under- 
lain throughout with a sheet of water extending from the foot of the 
mountains, where its depth below the surface is from 150 to 200 feet, 
to the dike at its southern exposure, where the water is practically at 
the surface, making itself manifest in numerous small springs which 
rise in drainage lines on the southern face of the dike. With the 
exception of the Arroyo Seco developments, which in the tabulations 
are classified by themselves, the principal water product of this mesa 
is obtained along these drainage lines from the springs. Numerous 
wells from which water is pum^Ded have been sunk and tunnels have 
been run through the dike into the water-bearing gravel. 

An interesting feature of these development works is the constant 
strife existing between the various tunnel and w^ell owners along the 
dike. For instance, the owner of a certain piece of property discov- 
ered by a tunnel the presence of a considerable body of water on his 
land; his neighbor to the south, whose land is at a lower elevation, 
drained the first tunnel by digging another on a lower grade and 
extending it to his northern property line. This has been done repeat- 
edly, in some cases the water having been so diverted by two or three 
owners in succession. 

The wells are usually bored and are lined with 7-inch casing. South 
of the Santa Fe Railroad a charge of 50 cents a foot is made for com- 
pleting the first 50 feet in depth of the well, with an increase of 50 
cents per foot for each additional 50 feet in depth. North of the rail- 
road, where the bowlders are larger, a charge of from 10 to 20 per 
cent more is made for boring. These prices do not include the cost 
of casing. The data given below concerning depth of wells and depth 
of water were in nearly all cases obtained from statements made by 
the owners. 

On the following pages is given a compilation of facts with refer- 
ence to the depth of water in wells through the district and a sum- 
mary of the water crop from the principal development works. It has 
been impossible to form an exact estimate of the amount of water 
taken for domestic use and for minor irrigation purposes from the 
large number of small wells on the mesa, but the water from the 
larger developments has been accuratelj^ measured and included in 
this summary. 

DESCRIPTION OF WELLS IN PASADENA MESA.« 

1. Gidding; on Colorado street between Hollister and Chester streets; eleva- 
tion, 815 feet; depth to water, 103 feet; dug mostly through gravel with no hard" 
pan; digging cost $1 per foot and 25 cents extra for every 25 feet additional; 109 
feet deep, with 6 feet of water; elevation of water, 712 feet. 

a The unit of measurepaent is the California miner's inch, which is 0.02 of 1 ciibic foot per 
second, 



LippiNcoTT] PASADENA MESA. 177 

2. McCallum; Colorado street, in McCallum wash; elevation, 785 feet; 151 feet 
deep; was dug originally 83 feet; at 90 feet sandstone for 10 feet; 101 feet from 
surface to water; 50 feet of water; elevation of water, 684 feet; water raised by- 
windmill. 

3. Hoover; a bored well with windmill; 115 feet deep, with 17 feet of water; 
elevation, 775 feet; water elevation, 677 feet. 

4. Moses; bored well; 200 feet deep; elevation 790 feet; water elevation, 684 feet; 
origirally 100 feet of water, now 94 feet, commencing 106 feet from the surface; 
l|-horsepower gasoline engine with 8-inch stroke, 3-inch cylinder, pumping 1,000 
gallons an hour. 

5. King; 227 feet deep; elevation, 800 feet; water elevation, 678 feet; originally 
117 feet of water, now about 105 feet; water raised by an engine with 12-inch 
stroke and 4-inch cylinder, pumping 2,500 gallons per hour. 

6. Stevens; 121 feet deep; 31 feet of water; 90 feet to water surface; elevation, 
781 feet; water elevation, 091 feet; was dug thirteen years ago. 

7. McAdam; 150 feet deep; 57 feet from surface to water; elevation, 740 feet; 
water elevation, 683 feet. 

8. Merwin; 95 feet deep; 55 feet to water; elevation, 735 feet; water elevation, 
680 feet; pump capacity, 20 gallons per minute; costs 3^ to 4 cents an hour to run 
engine with gasoline. 

9. Butler; bored well; 93 feet deep; 48 feet from surface to water, originally 40 
feet; elevation, 718 feet; water elevation, 670 feet. 

10. Hutchinson; bored well; 230 feet deep; 36 feet from surface to water; ele- 
vation, 713 feet; water elevation, 677 feet; well bored through clay; pressure 
comes from below. 

11. Daniels; 107 feet deep; 40 feet from surface to water; water 67 feet deep; 
elevation, 715 feet; water elevation, 675 feet; strata of clay and bowlders with 
coarse gravel at bottom were encountered. 

12. Hodge; 169 feet deep; 33 feet to water; elevation, 725 feet; water elevation, 
692 feet. 

13. Miles; bored well; 225 feet deep; J. 43 feet to water; elevation, 817 feet; water 
elevation, 674 feet. 

14. Wilkeson; 177 feet deep; 30 feet from surface to water; elevation, 720 feet; 
water elevation, 690 feet; Jack Butler, well borer, says that wells during 1898 
were 15 feet lower than in previous years. 

15. Ackerman; bored well; 149 feet deep; 75 feet from surface to water; eleva- 
tion, 710 feet; water elevation, 635 feet. 

16. Thorndyke; 275 feet deep; 30 feet from surface to water; elevation, 705 feet; 
water elevation, 675 feet; fine clay encountered at 69 feet and 73 feet from sur- 
face, the remainder being gravel strata. 

17. Lamanda Park; 180 feet deep; originally 80 feet from surface to water; ele- 
vation, 740 feet; present water elevation, 680 feet. 

18. Titus; 558 feet deep; from surface to water, 12 feet, originally 4 feet; eleva- 
tion, 690 feet; water elevation, 678; several strata of cement 1 inch thick were 
encountered. 

19. Butler; 175 feet deep; 75 feet from surface to water; elevation, 720 feet; 
water elevation, 645 feet. 

20. Graves; 88 feet deep; 40 feet from surface to water; elevation, 720 feet; 
water elevation, 680 feet. 

21. Krouser; 113 feet deep; 15 feet from surface to water; elevation, 700 feet; 
water elevation, 685 feet. 

22. Wakefield; 60 feet deep; originally 20 feet to water, now 30 feet; elevation, 
703 feet; water elevation, 673 feet. 

IRR 81—03 12 



178 CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no. 81. 

23. Pavey; 360 feet deep; water elevation, 670 feet; originally flowed 16 miner's 
inches of water; still flowing, but in less volume. 

24. Chapman; flowing well; 175 feet deep. There are about 12 wells flowing on 
this ranch. 

25. Hassleys; 500 feet deep; elevation^ 600 feet; originally artesian, but now 
cut by a tunnel at a lower elevation. 

26. Raymond; 40 feet to water, which is 4 feet deep; water fell 2 feet during 
season of 1898; 91 miner's inches of water were pumped from this well during 
October, 1898; well is brick lined and 12 feet in diameter. 

27. Marengo tunnel; run into Raymond's hill at Terminal Railway, Fair Oaks 
station; it is discharging 18 miner's inches. This tunnel drained a small tunnel 
on the west side of Fair Oaks avenue. 

28. Finer; dug well, Ipswich street; depth, 48 feet; water, 12 feet; dug in Octo- 
ber, 1897; at first there was a supply of 50 miner's inches, but the supply has 
diminished to 30 miner's inches; a 6-inch centrifugal pump, with 20-horsepower 
engine, pumps out the well in 1.5 hours. 

29. Stoneman tunnel; was first run in 1892, 178 feet, and in summer of 1898 was 
extended 164 feet; flows 14.4 miner's inches. 

30. Graves tunnel; 530 feet of tunnel and about 100 feet of ditch; water 26 feet 
below the surface of the ground at the upper end; 20 miner's inches of water 
obtained. 

31. Oak Knoll; about the same class as Rhodes well and discharging the same 
amount of water, 4 miner's inches. 

32. Brickyard well; near Lake avenue, northeast from Oak Knoll; 40 feet of 
well are through clay, 7 feet through sand and gravel; 7 miner's inches of water 
is obtained; this is a brick-lined dug well. 

33. Rhodes well; near corner of Lake avenue a,nd Hawkeye street; 49 feet deep 
and water approximately 8 feet in depth; steam plant, 15-horsepower boiler, with 
Smith valve pump; a continuous flow of 4 miner's inches is obtained. 

34. Alhambra water, in Maybsrry Canyon; 64 miner's inches is obtained, 
which is not the full capacity of the plant. There are six wells, from 350 to 750 
feet deep, of which five are being pumped and one flows. 

35. Patton tunnel, near Kewen Lake; produces 7 miner's inches. 

36. Surface water; Patton water in West Canyon, 2 miner's inches. 

37. Patton water, East Canyon; 24 miner's inches. (San Gabriel water not 
included in this. ) 

38. San Gabriel Mission; 24.9 miner's inches; comes from the same canyon as 
Patton water in East Canyon; it is surface water and has been reduced by devel- 
opment works. 

39. Shorb water; from tunnel under- orange grove on Shorb place; approxi- 
mately 2 miner's inches is obtained. In small canyon northwest of house there 
is a stream, approximately 5 miner's inches; there are three artesian wells (No. 
42) southeast of the ranch house, from whicji 17 miner's inches is obtained. 

60. Lower Painter well; dug in 1894; 96 feet deep; water, 79 feet from surface; 
elevation, 1,040 feet; water elevation, 961 feet; this is a 4-foot by 7-foot dug well, 
the material passed through being large bowlders. 

61. Upper Painter well; dug well much resembling No. 60; 162 feet deep; 132 
feet to water; elevation, 1,129 feet; water elevation, 997 feet. 

62. Becker; 200 feet deep; depth to water, as measured in May, 1898, 173 feet; 
a 6-horsepower gasoline engine is used which has pumped 5 miner's inches; it is 
a bored well; cost $250, including casing ($1 per foot plus 25 cents additional for 
each 50 feet additional depth); elevation, 825 feet; water elevation. 652 feet. 

63. Stafford; bored well; 241 feet deep; depth to water, 173 feet; elevation, 825 
feet; water elevation, 652 feet. 



LippiNCOTT.] PASADENA MESA. 179 

64. Krank; 300 feet deep; 290 feet to water; elevation, 1,070 feet; water eleva- 
tion, 780 feet. 

65. Meers; on E street; 300 feet deep; 75 feet of water in August, 1897; eleva- 
tion, 1,060 feet; water elevation, 835 feet. 

66. Stone; 100 feet deep; 85 feet to water; elevation, 1,040 feet; water eleva- 
tion, 955 feet; approximately 15 miner's inches is obtained when pump is run. 
This is a dug and timbered well and cost for excavation $1,75 per vertical foot 
until water was struck; passed through, say, 65 feet of gravel, 15 feet of sand, and 
12 feet of clay. 

67. Called Painter well; 170 feet to water; 14 feet lower ground than No. 41; 
water elevation, 830 feet. 

50. Hurlbut; bored well, about 1,300 feet deep; 95 feet through clay; but little 
water; elevation, 816 feet; water elevation, 745 feet. 

26. Olmsted; 39 feet deep; elevation, 750 feet; water elevation, 740 feet; the 
usual depth of water from the surface is 8 feet, but in October, 1898, was 10.5 
feet. 

51. Pasadena and Pacific power-house well; elevation, 750 feet; water stands 11 
feet from original surface of ground; water elevation, 739 feet. 

52. Baker; 35 feet deep; elevation, 740 feet; water elevation, 734 feet; supply is 
said to come from northeast. 

53. Pasadena West Side Water Company; about 70 feet deep and 3 feet to water; 
elevation, 718 feet; water elevation, 715 feet; water comes from northeast. 

68. Morehouse; cesspool at this point of 70 feet and no water is encountered; 
surface elevation, 790 feet. 

69. On top of a hill 500 feet east of No. 53; 60 feet deep and no water found; 
surface elevation, 825 feet. 

74. In Arroyo Seco, at mouth of canyon; 250 feet deep and dry. 

Amount of tvater developed in Pasadena Mesa, October, 1898. 

[1 miner's inch is 0.02 of 1 cubic foot per second.] 

Miner's 
inches. 

27. Raymond Improvement Company's tunnel at Fair Oaks avenue 18 

26. Marengo well, near Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe station, Raymond . _ _ 91 
26. Surface water in Marengo Canyon, near railroad crossing (Southern 

Pacific) 20 

28. Fluer well on Ipswich street, near Santa Fe Raymond station; intermit- 

tent pumping 30 

29. Las Roebles Water Company, near new Graves tunnel 14 

29. Stoneman Canyon heads, near Fluer well 3 

30. Walter Graves's new or upper tunnel 20 

31. Oak Knoll well 4 

32. Brickkiln well 7 

33. C. H. Rhodes 's well, near Lake avenue and Hawkeye street 4 

34. Alhambra water, artesian wells and air-compressing plant 64 

35. Patton tunnel, near Kewen Lake 7 

36. Patton water in west canyon . 2 

37. Patton water from east canyon 24 

38. San Gabriel Mission water 25 

39. Shorb water northwest from ranch house 5 

39a. Shorb water in tunnel southwest of ranch house 2 

40. Graves's lower tunnel (dry) 

41. Richardson's two tunnels, near Kewin Lake 18 

42. Shorb's three artesian wells southeast of house 17 

43. Pump, 13 inches; artesian, 3 inches; tunnel, 22 inches; all belong to Shorb _ 38 



180 



CALIFOENIA HYDEOGRAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



Miner's 
inches. 

44. Rose well, east side Santa Anita avenue 20 

45. Winston wells, Santa Anita avenue 12 

46. Alexander water, east of Santa Anita avenue 25 

47. Titus ranch 19 

48. Sunny Slope developments 66 

59. Chapman .106 

Total 661 

Developments yiear Devils Gate hy the United Water Companies. 

56. Pumped from well below Devils Gate, but entering tunnel above sand box- 7 

57. Weir at mouth of northeast tunnel . 8 

58. Weir at mouth of northwest tunnel 123 

Total from Devils Gate 138 

59. Total from North Branch .... 118 

Total from submerged dam and from under arroyo above dam 5 

Flow from the 900-foot tunnel, east bank of arroyo, or six-tenths of whole 

Devils Gate flow from tunnels 77 

70. Richardson tunnel below Devils Gate . 24 

71. Wilson tunnel below Devils Gate ... 10 

Developed at Devils Gate . 138 

Total upper arroyo development 172 

42. Upper Painter well 37 

41. Lower Painter well 40 

48. Stone well .__. 15 

Pump near reservoir No. 1 22 

Total.. 114 

72. Sheep Corral Springs, in development cut 74 

73. Above shaft No. 2, detail of No. 58 22 

Summary of water development from Pasadena Mesa. 

Devils Gate development . . 172 

Sheep corral. . 74 

Lower dike in 4^ miles . 661 

Total - 907 



PASTORIA CREEK. 

Discharge measurement of Pastoria Creek, Kern County. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis 
charge. 


Locality. 


Nov. 13,1895 
Dec. 15,1896 


J. B. Lippincott 

do 


Sec. feet. 

0.04 
0.00 


Mouth of canyon. 
Road crossing. 



LippiNCOTT.] DISCHARGE TABLES. 

PESCADERO CREEK. 

Discharge 7neasurement of Pescadero Creek, San Mateo County. 



181 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dte- 
charge. 


Locality. 


Oct. 17,1893 


W.W.Brier 


Sec-feet. 

4.67 


6 miles above Pescadero. 



PILARCITOS CREEK. 

Discharge measurement of Pilarcitos Creek, San Mateo County. 



Date. 


Hy drographer . 


Dis- 
charge. 


Locality. 


Oct. 17, 1893 


W.W.Brier 


Sec-feet. 
0.80 


3i miles above Half Moon Bay. 



PIRU CREEK. 

Discharge measurements of Pirn Creek, Ventura County. 



Date. 


Hy drographer . 


Gage 
height. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Locality. 


Mar. 10,1895 
Jan. 21,1896 


J. B. Lippincott 

S. Stewart 


Feet. 
0.27 


Sec-feet. 

3.54 
18.00 
13.30 

0.92 
.20 

^'61.00 

^'152. 00 
5.00 
1.30 

. 2.20 


Robertson Mill. 
Smith's. 


Jan. 31,1896 
Atig. 11,1898 
Dec. 15, 1896 


J. B. Lippincott 

F.H.Olmsted 


1.75 


Do. 
French House. 


J. B. Lippincott 


- 


Gorman Creek below Gor- 


Mar. 16,1899 


S. G. Bennett 




man Station. 

At Pirn City, wagon road 
crossing. 

Do. 

Narrows, near Dntton's. 


Mar. 17,1899 
Mar. 14,1899 


do 

.do 




Ang. 19,1899 
Oct. 8, 1900 


do 




Head of Pirn pipe line. 

Lower Pirn Creek, ditches 
from. 


W.W.Cockins, jr _ 





« Ditch is cai'i'ying 10 second-feet on both dates in addition. 



182 



CALIFORNIA HYDEOGKAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



PIT RIVER. 

Discharge measurements of Pit River, Shasta County. 



1901. 
Sept. — 
Sept. 9 
Sept. — 

Sept. — 
Sept. — 
Sept. 9 

1902. 
Sept. 17 

Sept. 16 
Do__. 

Sept. 15 
Do_.. 



Sept. 27 
Do_.. 



Hydrographer. 



Robt. McF. Doble_ 

S. G. Bennett 

Robt. McF. Doble. 



do 

do 

S. G. Bennett . 



-do . 

_do . 
_do . 
_do . 
-do . 



Chas. A. Miller 
do ... 



Dis- 
charge. 



Sec-feet. 
2,230 

2,682 

177 

1,447 
627 



208 

1,543 
583 

2,350 
209 

2, 508 
37 



Locality. 



Peck's Bridge. 

Silverthorn Ferry. 

Burney Creek, tributary of Pit 
River. 

Fall River, near mouth. 

Hat Creek, Carbon bridge. 

Squaw Creek, near Copper City 
bridge. 

Pit River above mouth of Fall 
River, at Fall River Mills. 

Fall River, at bridge. 

Hat Creek, at Carbon bridge. 

Peck's bridge. 

Burney Creek, i mile below Burney 
Falls. 

Silverthorn Ferry. 

Squaw Creek, near Copper City 
bridge. 



PLUNGE CREEK. 

Discharge measurements of Plunge Creek, at headworks in canyon, San Bernar- 
dino County. 



Hydrographer . 



Dis- 
charge. 



June 12,1898 

Sept. 9, 1898 

Mar. 25,1899 

Aug. 25,1899 

July 12,1900 

Apr. 7, 1902 

Sept. 4, 1902 



J. B. Lippincott 

do 

S. G. Bennett . . . 

do 

do 

do 

W. B. Clapp .... 



Sec-feet. 

2.30 

.20 

10.90 

.50 

.34 

12.40 

.37 



POMPONIO CREEK. 

Discharge measurement of Pomponio Creek, San Mateo County. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Locality. . 


1893. 
Oct. 17 


W.W. Brier 


Sec-feet. 
0.27 


2 miles above mouth. 











LippiNCOTT] DISCHARGE TABLES. 

POSO CREEK. 

Estimated monthly discharge of Poso Creek at base of foothills. (^ 
[Drainage area, 289 square miles.] 



183 



1878. 



November . 
December , 

January _. 
February . . 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August ... 
September 

October 

November 
December . 



187' 



The year . 



1880. 



January _ _ . 
February . . 

March 

April 

May .. 

June 

July 

August 

September . 

October 

November . 
December _ 



The year 



Mean dis- 
charge. 



Sec-feet. 



347 
665 

751 

838 

578 

145 

14 







58 

145 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Acre-feet. 





1,414 

2,221 

1,230 

4,284 

3,197 

1,012 









4,463 

8,916 



26, 737 



21,336 

38, 251 

46,177 

49, 864 

35, 540 

8,628 

861 







3,451 

8,916 



Per square 
mile. 



Sec-feet. 






294 213, 024 



0.08 

.14 

.07 

.25 

.18 

.06 









.26 

.50 



13 



1.20 

2.30 

2.60 

2.90 

2.00 

.50 

.05 







.20 

.50 



1.02 



« Authority, State engineer. Estimated from run-off of neighboring streams. 



184 CALIFOENIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no.81. 

Estimated monthly discharge of Poso Creek at base of foothills — Continued. 



1881. « 



January - - 
February . 

March 

April 

May -- 

June 

July 

August 

September . 
October _-_ 
November 
December . 



Mean dis- 
charge. 



Sec. -feet. 
145 
289 
289 
289 
289 
145 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Run- off 



Per square 
mile 



Acre-feet. 

8,916 
16, 050 

.17,770 
17,197 

17,770 
8, 628 



■.-feet. 
0.50 
1.00 
1.00 
1.00 
1.00 
.50 



Depth 

hiches. 
0.58 
1.04 
1.15 
1.12 
1.15 
.56 



The year . 



1882. « 



January , . 
February _ 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 
October . _ _ 
November 
December _ 



The year 



123 




2,152 

88,483 



35 

43 

145 

145 

29 











43 

14 



2,152 

2,388 

8,916 

8,628 

1,783 











2, 559 

861 



38 



27,287 



.42 



.13 




.14 



5.74 



.14 

.16 

.58 

.56 

.12 











.17 

.06 



1.79 



"Estimated from run-off of neighboring stream. 



LippiNCOTT.] POSO CREEK. 185 

Estimated moyithly discharge of Poso Creek at base of foothills — Continued. 



- 


Total dis- 
charge. 


Run-off. 


charge. 


Per square 
mile. 


Depth., 


Sec-feet. 


Acre-feet. 


Sec.-feet. 


Inches. 


43 


2,644 


0. 15 


0.17 


43 


2,388 


.15 


.16 


331 


14,204 


.80 


.92 


145 


8,628 


.50 


.56 


119 


7, 317 


.41 


.47 


















































29 


1,783 


.10 


.12 


29 


1,726 


.10 


.11 


43 


2,644 


.15 


.17 


57 


41,334 


.19 


2.68 


145 


8,916 


.50 


.58 


867 


49, 870 


3.00 


3.24 


867 


53, 310 


3.00 


3.46 


578 


34,393 


2.00 


2.23 


119 


7,317 


.41 


.47 


145 


8,628 


.50 


.56 















































1883. ^< 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May - 

June 

July 

August . 

September 

October 

November 

December 

The year 

1884. « 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

Sex)tember 

October 



"Estimated from run-off of neighboring stream. 
PURISSIMA CREEK. 
Discharge measurement of Piirissima Creek, San Mateo County. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis 
charge. 


JLocality. 


1893. 
Oct. 1 7 


W. W. Brier 


Sec.-feet. 
2. 03 


1\ miles above Purissima. 



186 



CALIFOENIA HYDROGRAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



PUTAH CREEK. 

Discharge measurement of Putah Creek, Napa County. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Remarks. 


1900. 
Sept. 23 


S. G. Bennett 


Sec-feet. 

4.4 


6 miles above Winters, at Devils 
Gate. 



RABEL DAM DITCH, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. 
See San Bernardino Valley, Rabel dam ditch. 

RANCHERO DITCH, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. 
See San Bernardino Valley, Ranchero ditch. 

RED HILLS DEVELOPMENTS. 

See Cncamonga Creek, Red Hills. 

REDLANDS CANAL. 

See Santa Ana River, Redlands canal. 

RINCON CREEK. 

Discharge measurements of Eincon Creek, Santa Barbara County. 



Hydrographer . 



Aug. —,1889 
June 16,1900 



G. F. Wright . 
R. Moyer 



Dis- 
charge. 



Sec-feet. 

0.12 

.03 



RUBICON RIVER. 
See Middle Fork American River. 

RIVERSIDE WATER COMPANY, UPPER CANAL. 

See San Bernardino Valley. 

SACRAMENTO RIVER. 

This river rises in the extreme northeastern corner of California and 
flows in a general southerly direction, draining a large area in north- 
ern California between the Coast Range on the west and the Sierra 
Nevada on the east. It discharges into San Francisco Bay. A num- 



LIPPINCOTT.] 



SACEAMENTO EIVER. 



187 



ber of storage reservoirs have been constructed on the various tribu- 
taries of the river, and are used for hydraulic mining purposes and to 
a less extent for irrigation. The gaging station of the Geological 
Survey, established April 30, 1895, is located 12 miles above the town 
of Red Bluff at the crossing of the country road at Jellys Ferry. The 
gage consists of a vertical rod made in three sections and nailed firmlj^ 
to trees near the ferry landing. A second rod is located 1,206 feet 
above the gage, and a third one 350 feet below the main rod, in order 
to determine the slope of the water surface. The three rods are 
referred to the same datum. Bench mark No. 1 is on an oak tree on 
the left bank of the river 300 feet below the cable, and is 22.429 feet 
above gage datum. The ferry cable is used in the discharge measure- 
ments. The channel for 1,000 feet above and below the station is 
nearly straight. The right bank is high, but the left bank is liable 
to overflow when the water rises above the 25-foot mark. The bed 
of the stream consists of gravel and changes only slightly. The 
gaging station of the State engineering dej^artment was at the mouth 
of the river. 

Discharge measurements of Sacramento River. 



Hydrographer. 



Dis- 
charge. 



Locality. 



1878. 
Oct. — 

1879. 
May 12 

July 16 

May 16 

May 21 

July 14 

May 22 

July 14 

Mar. 3 

Mar. 20 

Jan. 24 



United States Engineers. 

State engineering de- 
partment. 

do 

do . 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 



Sec-feet. 
6,425 

16,000 

7,000 
38, 000 
26, 000 
13,000 
39, 000 
15,000 
40, 000 
56,000 
12, 000 



Sacramento. 

Knights Landing. 

Sacramento Slough. 

Gray & Shaws. 

Above mouth of American River. 

Do. 
Sacramento, foot of I street. 

Do. 
Freeport. 

Do. 
Brannan Slough. 



188 



CALIFORNIA HYDROaRAPHY. 



[no. 81. 



Estimated monthly discharge of Sacramento River at CollinsvilleJ^ 
[Drainage area, 36,187 square miles.] 



Mean dis- 
charge. 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Per^square ^^^^^^^ 



187: 



November. 
December _ 



1879. 



January... 
February . 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August ... 
September 

October 

November. 
December _ 



The year _ 



1880. 



January 

February _ 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September . 

October 

November . 
December . . 



The year . 



Sec-feet. 

8,000 
9,000 



Acre-feet. 

476, 033 
553. 388 



Sec-feet. 

0.31 

.34 



12, 000 

30, 000 

110,000 

110,000 

75,000 

45, 000 

16,000 

8,500 

6,500 

8,000 

7,500 

27, 000 



737, 851 

1,666,115 

6, 763, 640 

6, 545, 450 

4,611,570 

2, 677, 686 

983,802 

522, 644 

386, 776 

491,901 

446, 281 

1,660,165 



37, 958 



27,493,881 



28, 000 

21,000 

22, 000 

95,000 

135, 000 

110,000 

53, 000 

18, 000 

9,000 

7,500 

7, 000 

20,000 



1,721,653 

1,207,933 

1,352,727 

5, 652, 892 

8, 300, 828 

6, 545, 450 

3, 258, 843 

1,106,777 

535, 537 

461,157 

416, 529 

1,229,752 



43, 792 



31,790,078 



.46 

1.14 

4.20 

4.20 

2.86 

1.72 

.61 

.32 

.25 

.30 

.29 

1.03 



1.45 



1.07 

.80 

.84 

3.63 

5.16 

4.20 

2.02 

.69 

.34 

.29 



1.67 



n Authority, State engineer. 



LippiNCOTT.] SACRAMENTO RIVER. 189 

Estimated monthly discharge of Sacramento River at Collinsville — Continued. 



Mean dis- 
charge. 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Run-off. 



Persquare ^^^,^^ 



1881, 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June - - - 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 

The year 

1882, 

January 

February . . . . 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 

The year 



Sec-feet. 

95, 000 

115,000 

77, 000 

90, 000 

70, 000 

25, 000 

14, 000 

8,000 

6,500 

7, 000 

8,200 

16,000 



Acre-feet. 

5,841,322 

6, 386, 776 

4, 734, 545 

5, 355, 372 

4, 304, 132 

1 , 487, 603 

860, 826 

491,901 

386, 777 

430,413 

487, 934 

983,802 



Sec-feet. 

3.63 

4.39 

2.94 

3.44 

2.67 

.95 

.53 

.30 

.25 

.27 

.31 

.61 



44,308 31,751,403 



24, 000 
22, 000 
55, 000 
90, 000 
92, 000 
74, 000 
17, 000 
8,000 
6,500 
10,000 
14, 000 
11,000 

35, 292 



1,475,702 

1,221,818 

3,381,818 

5, 355, 372 

5,656,859 

4, 403, 306 

1,045,289 

491,901 

386, 777 

614, 876 

833,058 

676, 364 

25, 543, 140 



1.69 



.92 

.84 

2.10 

3.44 

3.51 

2.82 

.65 

.30 

.25 

.38 

.53 

.42 



Inches. 

4.18 

4.57 

3.39 

3.84 

3.08 

1.06 

.61 

.35 

.28 

.31 

.35 

.70 



1.06 

.87 

2.42 

3.84 

4.05 

3.15 

.75 

.35 

.28 

.44 

.59 

.48 



1.35 



18.28 



190 CALIFOET^^IA HYDROGEAPHY. [no.81. 

Estimated monthly discharge of Sacramento River at Collinsville — Continued. 



Mean dis- 
charge. 



Total dis- 
charge - 



Run-off. 



Per square 
mile. 



Depth. 



1883. 



January _ _ 
February .. 

March 

April 

May 

June - . 

July 

August 

September . 

October 

November . 
December . . 



The year _ 



1884. 



January _ 

February . 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 
October 



Sec. -feet. 

12,000 

17, 000 

21,000 

73, 000 

80, 000 

32, 000 

12, 000 

7,000 

6,500 

7,000 

7,500 

7,400 



Acre-feet. 

737,851 

944, 132 

1,291,240 

4, 343, 801 

4,919,008 

1,904,132 

737, 851 

430, 413 

386, 776 

430, 413 

446, 281 

455,008 



Sec. feet. 

0.46 
.65 

.80 
2.79 
3.05 

1.22 
.46 
.27 
.25 
.27 
.29 



23, 533 



17,026,906 



12, 000 

24, 000 

80, 000 

105, 000 

111,000 

90, 000 

31,000 

12,000 

7, 500 

8,000 



737,851 

1,380,496 

4, 919, 008 

6, 247, 934 

6, 825, 124 

5, 355, 372 

1,906,116 

737, 851 

446, 281 

491,901 



.90 



.46 

.92 

3.05 

4.01 

4.23 

3.44 

1.18 

.46 

.29 

.30 



Inches. 

0.53 

.68 

.92 

3.11 

3.52 

1.36 

.53 

.31 

.28 

.31 

.32 

.32 



12.19 



.53 

1.01 

3.52 

4.47 

4.88 

3.84 

1.36 

.53 

.32 

.35 



LIPPINGOTT.] 



SACEAMENTO RIVER. 



191 



Discharge measurements of Sacramento River, Iron Canyon, 4 miles above Red 
Bluff, Tehama County, Cal. 



Hydrographer. 



Gage 
height. 



Dis- 
charge. 



1901. 
Oct. 30 
Dec. 13 

1902. 

Jan. 28 

Feb. 12 

Mar. 3 

May 10 

Sept. 13 

Dec. 31 



S. G. Bennett . 
do 



do 

Wm. F. Lnning _ 
S. G. Bennett . _ _ 
do 

Chas. A. Miller _. 
S. G. Bennett . . _ 



Feet. 

1.02 

2.68 

1.35 
20.6 
10.6 

5.5 

.84 
3.20 



Sec-feet. 

5,187 
9,651 

5,912 

«110,824 

41,570 

18, 927 

4,425 

9,858 



a Float measurement . 
Discharge measurements of Sacramento River at Red Bluff, Tehama County, Cal. 



Date. 



Hy dr ographer . 



Gage 
height. 


Feet. 


10.7 


4.8 


8.4 


20.8 


17.7 



Dis- 
charge. 



1894. 
Dec. 20 

1895. 
Mar. 19 
Apr. 27 

1896. 
Jan. 21 
Jan. 22 



A. P. Davis and J. B. Lippincott. 



J. B. Lippincott . 
do 



_do . 
_do . 



Sec-feet. 
45, 000 

15,461 
36, 181 

109, 432 

83, 558 



192 



CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



Estimated monthly discharge of Sacramento River at Red Bluff, Tehama County. C' 
[Drainage area, 9,356 square miles.] b 



Discharge. 



Maximum. Minim^um, 



Total diS' 
charge. 



Eun-off. 



Per 

square 
mile- 



1895. 

January 

February 

March 

April _ . 

May 

June 

July -A 

August 

September . . . 

October 

November 

December 



Per annum. 



SeC'feet, 

123, 000 

65, 600 

85, 360 

33,880 

48, 600 

18, 600 

9,040 

6,150 

10, 820 

6,285 

6,690 

36, 880 



123, 000 



1896. 

January 140,000 

February 46,860 

March 74,050 

April 72,910 

May 81,030 

June 21,150 

July . _ 

August 5,910 

September 5,830 

October I 6,555 

November I 57,200 

December 106, 880 



The year _ 



140,000 



Secr-feet, 

15, 220 

13, 860 

15,220 

26,670 

16, 840 

9,040 

6,150 

5,990 

5,830 

5,910 

5,910 

6,150 



Sec-feet. 

47, 267 

26, 792 

32,517 

29, 566 

30, 238 

12, 764 

7,235 

6,057 

6,321 

5,989 

6,046 

10, 095 



Acre-feet. 

2, 906, 320 

1,487,940 

1,999,418 

1,759,300 

1,859,250 

759, 510 

444, 863 

372, 436 

376, 106 

368, 261 

359, 792 

620, 760 



Sec-feet. 

5.052 

2.864 

3.475 

3.160 

3.232 

1.717 

1.364 

.647 

.676 

.640 

.646 

1.079 



5,830 



18, 390 



13,313,956 1.9656 



6,150 

9,040 

9,700 

16, 370 

19, 660 

8,600 

5, 990 

5,660 

5,660 

5,660 

5,660 

11,380 



51,702 

15,231 

25, 533 

30, 708 

35,019 

13, 599 

6,907 

5, 738 

5,696 

5,730 

11,260 

33,316 



3, 179, 

876, 

1,569, 

1,827, 

2, 153, 

809, 

424, 

352, 

338, 

352, 

670, 

2, 048, 



032 
120 
981 
271 
252 
215 
694 
858 
977 
336 
058 
546 



037 14,602,340 



5.53 

1.63 

2.73 

3.28 

3.74 

1.45 

.74 

.61 

.61 

.61 

1.20 

3.56 



2.14 



a Authority , United States Geological Survey. 

& Drainage areas were measured from maps of United States Geological Survey. 



LippiNcoTT] SACRAMENTO KIVER. 193 

Discharge measurements of Sacramento River at Jellys Ferry, Tehama County. 



Hy drographer . 



J. B. Lippincott 

do - . 

A. P. Davis and J. B. Lippincott . 
J. B. Lippincott 



J. B. Lippincott, . 
do 

C.C.Babb 

Richard Gernon_ 

Fred Lemstrom _ 

do 

J. B. Lippincott- . 
Fred Lemstrom . 
do 



do 

do 

do 

do . 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

.-.--do 

do 

do 

do-. 

do --- 

J. B. Lippincott - 
Fred Lemstrom - 



Gage 
height. 



Feet. 

12 

6.75 
5.55 
5.5 

25.9 

22.7 
6.6 
5.9 



IRR 81—03- 



-13 



194 CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no. 81. 

Discharge measurements of Sacramento River at Jellys Ferry, etc. — Continued. 



Hy drographer . 



Gage 
height. 



Jan. 28 
Feb. 21 
Feb. 28 
Mar. 13 
Mar. 28 
Apr. 13 
Apr. 27 
May 13 
May 28 
June 3 
June 13 
June 28 
July 13 
July 28 
Aug. 13 
Aug. 27 
Sept. 13 
Sept. 28 
Oct. 12 
Oct. 28 
Nov. 28 
Dec. 13 
Dec. 28 

1899. 
Jan. 14 
Jan. 28 
Feb. 13 
Feb. 28 
Mar. 13 
Mar. 29 
Apr. 13 
Apr. 28 
May 13 
June 3 
June 13 
June 28 
July 13 
July 28 
Aug. 13 
Aug. 28 
Sept. 13 
Sept. 28 



Fred Lemstrom 
do ._. 



do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

J. B. Lippincott . 
Fred Lemstrom . 
do 



-do . 
.do . 
.do . 
.do . 
.do . 
.do 
.do . 
.do . 
-do 
.do 
.do 



Fred Lemstrom . 
do 



_.do _ 
_.do . 
..do - 
..do _ 
..do . 
.-do - 
..do . 
..do . 
..do. 
.-do. 
..do . 
..do . 
..do . 
..do . 
..do. 
..do. 



Feet. 
5.7 
8.3 

15.32 
6.95 
6.1 
6.1 
6.2 
5.5 
7.92 
7.1 
5.9 
5.45 
5.2 
5.1 
5 
5 
5 

5.1 
5.15 
5.15 
5.2 
5.2 
5.3 



.65 



LippiNCOTT.] SACRAMENTO RIVER. 195 

Discharge measurements of Sacramento River at Jellys Ferry, etc. — Continued. 



Date. 


Hydrograplier. 


Gage 
height. 


Dis- 
charge. 


1900. 
Feb. 17 


Richard Gemon 


Feet. 
6.8 
7.1 
6.4 
5.0 

10.0 

9.46 

7.8 


Sec.-ft. 
8,374 
9,586 


Apr. 29 
May 28 
Sept. 20 
Dec. 18 


do _ 


do 


7,173 


S. G. Bennett 

do 


4,105 
18,361 


1901. 
Jan 27 


S G. Bennett 


15, 908 
11 112 


Apr. 9 
Sept. 2 


do 


do 


4.9 


4,390 





Estimated monthly discharge of Sacramento River at Jellys Ferry, Tehama 

County. 

[Drainage area, 9,134 square miles.] 



Discharge. 



Maximum. Minimum. Mean. 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Per 

square 
mile. 



Depth. 



1896. 

January _ 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June - _ 

Jnly 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 

The year 



Sec-feet. 

130, 050 

34, 460 

62, 870 

59, 500 

75, 120 

20, 515 

8,960. 

6,720 

6,360 

8,000 

43, 000 

93,000 



Sec-feet. 

6,360 

10,070 

11,310 

16, 920 

19,300 

9,200 

6,720 

6,180 

6,000 

6,000 

6,360 

8,480 



Sec-feet. 

46, 152 

15, 468 

24, 099 

25, 793 

30, 941 

14,217 

7, 591 

6,394 

6,204 

6,163 

11, 965 

22,318 



Acre-feet. 

2,837,813 

889, 764 

1,481,801 

1,534,819 

1,902,543 

846, 018 

466, 789 

393, 201 

369, 163 

378,960 

712,014 

1,372,304 



Sec. -feet. 

5.05 

1.69 

2.64 

2.82 

3.39 

1.56 

.83 

.70 

.68 

.67 

1.31 

2.44 



Inches. 

5.86 

1.82 

3.05 

3.14 

3.91 

1.74 

.95 

.81 

.75 

.77 

1.46 

2.82 



130,050 



6,000 18,109 13,185,189 1. 



27.08 



196 CALIFORNIA HYDKOaRAPHY. [no. 81. 

Estimated monthly discharge of Sacramento River at Jellys Ferry, etc. — Cont'd. 



Discharge. 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Per 

square 
mile. 



1897. 

January ... 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June ^ 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 

The year 

1898. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June - . . . 

July 

August 

September 

October , 

November 

December 

The year 



^ec.-feet. 

49, 765 

89, 100 

44, 340 

28, 710 

18, 520 

9,200 

6,550 

5,120 

4,600 

6,680 

8,600 

16, 940 



89, 100 



6,525 

33, 600 

22, 500 

7,260 

10, 800 

10, 500 

5,150 

4,475 

4,475 

4,925 

6,892 

5,950 



Sec. -feet. 

8,320 

17, 420 

13, 100 

18, 830 

9,200 

6,680 

5,120 

4,600 

4,600 

4,600 

5,120 

5,380 



Sec. -feet. 

14, 280 

36, 108 

21,790 

22, 807 

13, 737 

7,620 

5,699 

4,776 

4,600 

4,955 

5,590 

7,792 



Acre-feet. 

878,050 

2, 005, 335 

1,339,825 

1,357,108 

844, 660 

453,420 

350, 420 

293, 667 

■ 273,718 

304,673 

332, 627 

479, 114 



Sec-feet. 

1.56 

3.95 

2.39 

2.50 

1.50 

.83 

.62 

.52 

.50 

.54 

.61 

.85 



4,600 



12, 480 



8,912,617 



5,835 
5,835 
6,525 
6,525 
5,375 
5,150 
4,475 
4,250 
4,250 
4,475 
4,475 
4,700 



6,120 

12, 479 

9, 745 

6,872 
6,632 
6,674 
4,700 
4,276 
4,280 
4,631 
4,785 
4,991 



376, 307 
693, 049 
599, 201 
408,911 
407, 789 
397, 130 
288,994 
262, 923 
254, 677 
284, 751 
284, 727 
306, 887 



.67 
1.37 
1.07 

.75 
.73 
.73 
.52 
.47 
.47 
.51 
.52 
.55 



33, 600 



4,250 



6,349 4,565,346 



.70 



LiPPiNCOTT.] SACRAMENTO RIVER. 197 

Estimated monthly discharge of Sacramento River at Jellys Ferry, etc. — Cont'd. 



Discharge. 



Maximum. Minimum 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Per 

square 
mile. 



1899. 

January 

February 

March - . 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 

The year 

1900. 

January 

February 

March 

April - _ 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 

The year 



Sec-feet. 

42, 600 

8,644 

83,400 

16, 100 

7,530 

15, 200 

4,760 

4,170 

3,980 

10, 550 

53,480 

45, 600 



Sec-feet. 
5,065 
5,810 
6,750 
7,800 
6,030 
4,965 
4,170 
3,980 
3,980 
3,980 
4,760 
8,915 



Sec- feet. 

13, 498 

6,646 

20, 915 

10, 837 

6,908 

6,199 

4,531 

3,986 

3,980 

5,063 

14, 532 

14,519 



Acre-feet. 
829, 965 
369, 100 
1,286,022 
344,845 
424, 759 
368, 865 
278, 592 
245,061 
236, 826 
311,314 
864, 712 
892, 744 



Sec-feet. 

1.48 

.73 

2.29 

1.19 



.50 
.44 
.44 
.55 
1.59 
1.59 



83, 400 



3, 



,301 



6, 752, 805 



119, 
24, 

123, 
16, 
19, 



700 
800 
000 
700 
780 
265 
760 
805 
170 
520 
800 
100 



10, 400 
7,800 

10, 700 
8,630 
6,265 
4,760 
3, 805 
3,805 
3,630 
3,805 
4,560 
6,030 



30, 661 

11,687 

23, 288 

12, 082 

9, 572 

5,477 

4,212 

3.805 

3,981 

6,381 

8,205 

15,553 



1,885,271 
649,063 

1,431,923 
718,929 
588, 559 
325, 904 
258, 986 
233, 960 
236, 886 
392, 352 
488, 231 
956,317 



1.02 



3.36 

1.28 

2.55 

1.32 

1.05 

.60 

.46 

.42 

.44 

.70 

.90 

1.70 



123, 000 



3,630 



11,242 8,166,381 



1.23 



198 CALIFOENIA HYDKOGRAPHy. [no.81. 

Estimated monthly discharge of Sacramento River at Jellys Ferry, etc. — Cont'd. 



Discharge. 



Maximum. Minimum. Mean. 



Total dis- 
chai'ge. 



Per 
square 
mile. 



1901. 

January. _. 

•Febrnary 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July .--. 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December . 

The year 

1902. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October . 

November 

December 

The year 



Sec. -feet. 

74, 240 

101,880 

46, 100 

16, 700 

13, 700 

7,265 

4,760 

3,980 

5,380 

5,380 

44, 100 

61,800 



Sec-feet. 
8,915 
9,800 
12, 200 
9,200 
7,530 
4,965 
3,980 
3,805 
3,630 
3,980 
4,360 
5,380 



Sec. -feet. 

20, 983 

34, 138 

20, 628 

10,870 

9,804 

5,596 

4,365 

3,850 

3,922 

4,194 

7,745 

12, 149 



Acre-feet 

1,290,194 

1,895,928 

1,268,366 

646, 810 

602, 824 

332, 985 

268, 393 

236, 727 

233, 375 

257, 879 

460, 859 

747, 013 



Sec-feet. 

2.30 

3.74 

2.26 

1.19 

1.07 

.61 

.48 

.42 

.43 

.46 

.85 

1.33 



101,880 



3,6 



11,520 



8,241,353 



1.26 



6,750 

151,320 

61,700 

53, 800 

24, 460 

13,450 

7,060 

5, 880 

5,220 

11,750 

118, 200 

39, 100 



4,760 

5,660 

14, 150 

14,150 

10, 150 

7,060 

5, 880 

5,440 

5,000 

5,000 

5,660 

8,110 



5,376 
69, 153 

27, 371 

21,992 

17,803 

9,998 

6,192 

5,674 

5,007 

5,931 

19, 834 

17, 506- 



330, 557 

3, 840, 563 

1,682,077 

1,308,615 

1,094,663 

594, 922 

380, 731 

348,881 

297, 938 

364, 683 

1,180,204 

1,076,402 



.59 

7.44 

2.94 

2.37 

1.92 

1.08 

.67 

.61 

.54 

.64 

2.13 

1.88 



151,320 



4,760 



17,653 



12,501,135 



1.90 



Discharge measurement of Upper Sacramento River, Shasta County, 1 mile above 
junction with Pitt River. 


Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Q-age 
height. 


Dis- 
charge. 


1901. 
Sept. 10 


S. G. Bennett 


Feet. 


Sec-feet. 

242 











LiPPiNCOTT.] SALINAS EIVEE. 

Discharge measurements of -^Sacramento River. 



199 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Gage 
height. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Locality. 


1902. 

Sept. 22 

Do 


Charles A Miller 


Feet. 


Sec-feet. 
384 

286 
15 

4,455 


Castle Crags, Shasta County. 


S. G. Bennett 




Bards Station, Shasta County. 


Do 


Charles A. Miller 




Soda Creek at Castle Crag's, 


Sept. 14 


._do 




Shasta County. 
Balls Ferry, Tehama County. . 




_do- _ . . 






Sept. 15 


313 

27 


Battle Creek, near Balls Ferry, 


Do 


do 




Tehama County. 
Ditch from Battle Creek, near 




Total 




Balls Ferry, Tehama County. 




340 

5,848 




Sept. 26 


S. G. Bennett 


7. 22 


Sacramento, Sacramento County. 



SALINAS RIVER. 

Salinas River rises in San Luis Obispo County, flows in a north- 
westerly direction through Salinas Valley, and discharges into the 
Bay of Monterey. The crest of the Coast Range, locally known as 
the Santa Lucia Mountains, forms the boundary of the watershed on 
the south and west; the crest of the Gabilan Mountains and the 
Mount Diablo Range forms the eastern boundary of the watershed. 
The total area drained is 4,780 square miles. The principal tributaries 
of the river, Nacimiento and San Antonio creeks and Arroyo Seco, drain 
the eastern slopes of the Santa Lucia Mountains. The only important 
stream entering from the east is San Lorenzo Creek, which drains the 
western slopes of the Mount Diablo Range. 

A reconnaissance survey for reservoir sites on Salinas River and 
its tributaries was made during the period from May 28 to August -31, 
1900, under the direction of Prof. Charles D. Marx, of Stanford 
University. These studies were continued by Mr. Homer Hamlin dur- 
ing the years 1901 and 1902, and the results are being prepared for 
publication. 

A gaging station was established on the river January 8, 1900, by 
D. A. Porter. On account of the shifting nature of the channel dur- 
ing floods, four gage rods were set between January 8 and April 2, 
1900, and each was referred to a different datum. On June 8, 1900, 
a permanent station was established at the county bridge, 3f miles 
south of Salinas. The gage, which is vertical, is attached to one of 
the piers of the bridge. The bench mark is a nail in the washer in 
the top of a redwood post, 13 inches by 15 inches in size, on the north 
bank of the river, at an elevation of 20 feet above gage datum. 

On account of the continual shifting of the stream bed and the 
improbability of its water being used for either power or irrigation 
purposes, the record on this stream was discontinued August 3, 1901. 



200 CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no. 81. 

Dificharge measurements of Salinas River, near Salinas, Monterey County. 



Hydrographer. 



Gage 
height. 



Dis- 
charge. 



S.G.Bennett 

D. A. Porter 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do ._._. 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do -._. 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do ... 

do 

do ... 

do 

do 

do 

S. G. Bennett 

J. B. Lippincott 

W. W. Cockins, jr_ 
do .... 



.do ... 
.do ... 
.do ... 
.do ... 
do ... 
.do ... 



Feet. 
4.20 
4.20 
4.15 
4.10 
4.10 
4.25 
4.15 
4.10 
4.10 
4.10 
4.10 
4.10 
4.10 
4.1 
4.1 
4.05 
4.05 
4.0 
4.05 
4.05 
4.0 
4.0 
4.0 
3.9 
3.65 
3.70 
3.70 
3.65 
3. 65 
3.45 
3.45 



3.7 
4.2 



5.9 



15.6 
9.7 



Sec. -feet. 
25.51 
26.04 
15.44 
13.10 
17.04 
33.85 
18.91 
18.02 
16.40 
17.50 
17.85 
17.94 
16.23 
17.20 
17.43 
13.32 
15.29 
14. 05 
15.79 
15.32 
13. 93 
12.91 
11.47 
10.50 
9.96 
9.56 



10.10 
1.7 
1.7 
1.1 
8.6 
31.6 
2. 056 
829 
743 
33.. 600 
12,851 



Strong wind upstream. 

Do. 
No wind. 

Do. 
Strong wind upstream. 
No wind. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 
Light wind. 

Do. 
No wind. 

Do. 
Windy. 
No wind. 

Do. 

Do. 
Light wind. 

Do. 
No wind. 

Light wind upstream. 
No wind. 

Fresh wind upstream. 
No wind. 

Do. 
Light breeze downstream. 
No wind. 



1 mile below sugar factory . 



Float. 
Do. 



LTPPiNCOTT.] SALINAS RIVEE. 201 

Discharge measurements of Salinas River, near Salinas, etc. — Continued. 



Date. 



1901. 

Jan. 15 

Jan. 22 

Jan. 24 

Feb. 9 

Feb. 19 

Apr. 12 

Mar. 17 

Mar. 24 

Mar. 30 

Apr. 6 



Hydrographer. 



S.G.Bennett 

do 

W. W. Cockins, jr . 

S. G. Bennett 

do .... 

W. W. Cockins, jr . 

do 

do 

do 

do 



heillt. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Feet. 


Sec. -feet. 


6.8 


2,142 


5.8 


1,338 


5.9 


1,598 


7.9 


4,982 


6.05 


1,561 


4.7 


342 


5.6 


1,204 


5.2 


668 


4.9 


541 


4.75 


512 



Estimated monthly discharge of Salinas River at a point 4 miles south of 
Salinas, Monterey County. 

[Drainage area, 4,084 squai-e miles.] 



1900. 
January 8 to 31 

February 

March 

April 

May _.-.- 

June 

July - 

August 

September _ . . _ 

October 

November 

December 

The year 



• Discharge in second-feet. 



33, 600 



2,700 


223 


223 


40 


223 


25 


32 


19 


19 


17 


17 


15 


10 


6 


8 


6 


8 


2 


4 


1 


33, 600 





1,050 


82 



Total in acre 
feet. 



848 
105 



2,413 
295 



318 



40, 368 

5, 831 

4,489 

1,309 

1,045 

952 

492 

430 

357 

123 

143, 583 

18,139 



217,118 



Second- 
feet per 
square 
mile. 



0.21 
.03 
.02 
.01 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.CO 
.00 
.59 
.07 



.08 



Depth in 

inches. 



0.19 
.03 
.02^ 
.01 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 



202 CALIFOEI^IA HYDROGRAPHY. [no. 81. 

Estimated monthly discharge of Salinas River, etc. — Continued. 



Discharge in second-feet. 



Total in acre- 
feet. 



Second- 
feet per 
square 
mile. 



Depth in 
inches. 



1901. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May _-- 

June 

July 



35, 162 
20, 927 

1,772 
405 

2,012 

160 

30 



540 
430 
160 
160 
30 
25 



4,921 

4,172 

1,063 

270 

533 

56 

27 



302, 580 

231,701 

65, 361 

16, 066 

32,773 

3,332 

1,660 



1.21 

1.02 

.26 

.07 
.13 
.01 
.01 



1.39 
1.06 
.30 
.07 
.15 
.02 
.01 



Discharge measurements of Salinas River at bridge, Bradley, Monterey County. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Gage 
height. 


Dis- 
charge. 


1901. 
Feb. 14 


S. G. Bennett 


Feet. 


Sec-feet. 

1,424 











TRIBUTARIES OF SALINAS RIVER. 



ARROYO SECO. 



This stream rises on the eastern slope of the Santa Lucia Mountains, 
flows eastward, and empties into Salinas River at Soledad, Cal. A 
gaging station was established December 30, 1900, by W. W. Cockins, 
jr., at Foster's ranch, near Piney, Cal. The high water of January, 
1901, enlarged the old channel, and the gaging station was removed 
to Pettit's ranch, 4 miles below. 

The purpose of establishing these gaging stations was to get the 
maximum flood discharge and the amount of water available for 
storage. 

The total area of watershed drained above Pettit's ranch is 215 
square miles. 



LiPPiNCOTT.] TEIBUTARIES OF SALINAS RIVER. 203 

Discharge measurements of Arroyo Seco, a tributary of Salinas River. 



Hydrographer. 



Gage 
height. 



Discharge. 



Locality. 



1900. 
June 20, 3.30 p. m. 



June 20, 3.10 p. m- 



June 21, 8 a. m- 



June21,3.20p. m. 



June 21, 4.55 p.m. 



1901. 



Feb. 11-. 

Mar. 26 
Apr. 2_.. 



July 10 _. 
Sept. 24 . 
Nov. 6 - . 



1902. 



Feb. 24. 
Feb. 25. 
Feb. 26. 
Apr. 29. 
July 18. 
Aug. 7 . 



D. A. Porter 



.do . 



_do . 



.do . 



.do 



S. G. Bennett . 



W.W. Cockins,,ir. 
do 



Homer Hamlin _ 

do 

H.E.Green 



S. G. Bennett _ _ . 

do 

do 

do 

Homer Hamlin . 
do 



3.70 



5.8 

5.3 
5.2 

8.2 
11.7 
9 
5.75 

5.08 
4.9 



Sec-feet. 

11.78 



12.42 



10.40 



6.14 



162 
105 



23 



«1,720 

«7, 883 

«2, 777 

144 

10.4 

2.3 



First pool above en- 
trance of Santa 
Lucia, Monterey 
County. 

Between second and 
third pools above 
entrance of Santa 
Lucia, Monterey 
County, Cal. 

Road crossing of 
stream between 
Moor's and Ab- 
bott's houses, Mon- 
terey County, Cal. 

200 feet above Cur- 
rier's dam site, 
Monterey County, 
Cal. 

50 feet below head 
gate Salina Valley 
Water Co. 's Arroyo 
Seco ditch No. 2. 
Canal was taking 
all water of creek 
on this date. 

Point near Foster's, 
Monterey County, 
Cal. 

Do. 

Pettitt's Ranch, 
Monterey County, 
Cal. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 



ct Float measurements. 



204 

Estimated monthly 



CALIFOENIA HYDEOGRAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



discharge of Arroyo Seco, a tributary of Salinas River, at 
Piney, Monterey County. 

[Drainage area, 215 square miles.] 



Discharge. 



Maximum. Minimum., 



Total dis- 
charge. 



1901. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September __. 

October 

November 

December 



The year . 

1902. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 



Sec-feet. 

4,500 

2,860 

610 

2,500 



40 

2,860 

2,320 

1,650 

105 

55 

15 

7 

3 

55 

750 

145 



Sec-feet. 

105 

160 

105 

95 



Sec-feet. 

888 

931 

246 

195 

95 

58 

22 

15 

8 

10 

22 

26 



Acre-feet . 

54, 601 

51,705 

15,126 

11,603 

5,841 

3,451 

1,353 

922 

476 

615 

1,309 

1,599 



Sec. -feet. 

4.13 

4.33 

1.14 

.91 

.44 

.27 

.10 

.07 

.04 

.05 

.10 

.12 



209 



148, 601 



25 
25 

185 

145 

.55 

15 

7 

3 





11 

25 



The year . 



28 

605 

620 

270 

74 

32 

12 

4 



9 

57 
54 

147 



1,722 

33, 600 

38, 122 

16, 066 

4,550 

1,904 

738 

246 



553 

3,392 

3,320 

104,213 



.13 

2.81 
2.88 
1.26 
.34 
.15 
.06 
.02 
.00 
.04 
.27 
.25 

.68 



lilPPINCOTT.] 



TEIBUTAEIES OF SALINAS RIVER. 



205 



NACIMIENTO CREEK. 

This stream drains the eastern slopes of the Santa Lucia Mountains 
and enters Salinas River 5 miles above Bradley, Cal. A gaging sta- 
tion was established on this stream at Harris ranch, near Bryson, Cal., 
by S. G. Bennett, on February 17, 1901. The record on this stream 
was discontinued April 30, 1901. The total area drained above the 
gaging station is 171 square miles. 

Discharge measurements of Nacimiento Creek, a branch of Salinas River, at point 
near Bryson, Monterey County. 



1901. 
Feb. 17 
Mar. 25 
Apr. 3 



Hydrographer. 



S.G.Bennett 

W. W. Cockins, jr 
do 



Gage 
height. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Feet. 


Sec-feet. 


6.15 


284 


5.3 


105 


5.3 


121 



Discharge measurements of Nacimiento Creek, a branch of Salinas River, near 
Newhall Ranch house, San Migulito ranch, Monterey County. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


heigM. 


Dis- 
charge. 


1901. 
Jan. 18 
Feb. 13 


S. G. Bennett 

do 


Feet. 

6.1 

6.5 

4.82 

4.42 


Sec. -feet. 

106 
169 


June 3 


H. Hamlin 


33 


July 12 


do 


3.8 







Estimated monthly discharge of Nacimiento Creek, a tributary of Salinas River, 
at Bryson, Monterey County. 
[Drainage area, 171 square miles.] 





Discharge. 


Total dis- 
charge. 


Run-off. 


Month. 


Maximum. 


Minimum. 


Mean. 


Per 
square 
mile. 


Depth. 




Sec-feet. 


Sec-feet. 


Sec-feet. 


Acre-feet. 


Sec-feet. 


Inches. 


February 17 to 28 


3,300 


295 


855 


20,350 


5.00 


5.21 


March 


365 


110 


184 


11,314 


1.08 


1.24 


April . 


670 


87 


99 


5,891 


.58 


.65 



Discharge measurements of Nacimiento Creek, a tributary of Salinas River, 4 
miles above mouth, San Luis Obispo County. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Gage 
height. 


Dis- 
charge. 


1901. 

Feb. 15 


S. G. Bennett 


Feet. 


Sec-feet. 

527 











206 



CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. 

BURNETT CREEK. 



[NO. 81. 



Discharge ineasurements of Burnett Creek, tributary of Nacimiento Creek, a 
branch of Salinas River, San Luis Obispo County. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Gage 
height. 


Dis- 
charge. 


1901. 
Apr. 4 


W.W. Cockins, jr. . 


Feet. 


Sec-feet. 
21 









SAN ANTONIO CREEK. 

This stream drains the eastern slopes of the Santa Lucia Mountains 
and enters the Salinas River at Bradlej^, Cal. A gaging station was 
established near Jolon, Cal., December 15, 1900, by W. W. Cockins, jr. 
The total area drained is 161 square miles. The record on this stream 
was discontinued April 30, 1901. 

Discharge measurements of San Antonio Creek, Salinas River, near Jolon, Mon- 
terey County. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


height 


Dis- 
charge. 


1901. 
Jan. 19 


S. G. Bennett 


Feet. 
4.45 
4.8 
4.5 
4.3 
4.3 
4.1 


Sec-feet. 
185 


Feb. 12 


do _ _ . 


242 


Mar. 18 


W. W. Cockins, jr 


148 


Mar. 26 


do 


76 


Apr. 5 
Apr. 18 
July 11 


do 


76 


do 


59 


H. Hamlin . _. . 


.64 









Discharge measurement of San Antonio Creek, Salinas River, Los Ojitos Dam 
site, Monterey County. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Gage 
height. 


Dis- 
charge. 


1901. 
Apr. 17 


J. B. Lippincott . .. -. -. 


Feet. 



Sec-feet. 
50 









Discharge measurement of San Antonio Creek, Salinas River, Pinker^ton Dam 
site, Monterey County. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Gage 
heigtit. 


Dis- 
charge. 


1901. 
Apr. 17 


J . B. Lippincott 


Feet. 


Sec. feet. 
37 









LIPPINCOTT.] 



TRIBUTAEIE8 OF SALINAS RIVEK. 



207 



Estimated monthly discharge of San Antonio Creek, a tributary of Salinas River, 
at Jolon, Monterey County. 

[Drainage area, 161 square miles.] 



1900. 
December 15 to 28 . . 

1901. 

January 

February 

March 

April 



Discharge. 



Maximum. Minimum. Mean 



Sec-feet. 
200 

3,700 

1,700 

400 

740 



Sec. -feet. 
170 

64 
110 

84 



Sec-feet. 

184 

523 

509 
171 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Acre-feet. 

5,109 

32, 158 

28, 268 

10,514 

4,939 



Sec-feet. 

1.14 



3.25 

3.17 

1.06 

.52 



Depth. 



Inches. 
0.59 

3.75 
3.31 
1.22 

.58 



SAN LORENZO CREEK. 



This stream drains the western slopes of the Gavilan Mountains 
and enters the Salinas River near Kings Citj^ Cal. There is a reser- 
voir and dam site on the stream 5 miles above its mouth. The stream 
is entirely dry during the summer months. The flood waters are used 
for winter irrigation. A gaging station was established December 16, 
1900, by W. W. Cockins, jr., at Hollenbeck's rancli, a quarter of a 
mile below the dam site. 

The area of the watershed drained is 2o5 square miles. 

Discharge measurements of Sa7i Loixnzo Creek, Salinas River, at dam site, 5 miles 
above King City, Monterey County. 



Hydrographer. 



Gage 
height. 



Dis- 
charge. 



Locality. 



1901. 
Jan. 22 

Feb. 14 

Mar, 27 

Apr. 1 

Apr. 15 

Nov. 2 

1902. 
Jan. 24 
Feb. 24 
Apr. 30 
July 16 



S. G. Bennett _ 



do 

W. W. Cockins, jr _ 

do 

do 

H.E.Green 



S. G. Bennett _ _ . 

do 

do 

Homer Hamlin _ 



5.3 
4.3 
4.2 
4.1 
.9 



1.09 
.9 



Sec-feet. 

28.7 

71.2 
12.6 
5.1 
2.1 

2.8 

4.6 
43.0 

1.8 



Near Hollenbeck ranch 
house. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Near Mathews ranch house. 



Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 



208 



CALIFORNIA HYDROGEAPHY. 



rNo.81. 



Estimated monthly discharge of San Lorenzo Creek, a tributary of Salinas River, 

at King City, Monterey County. 

[Drainage area, 235 square miles.] 



Discharge. 



Total, 
discharge. 



Run-ofiE. 



Per 

square 
mile. 



Depth. 



1900. 
December 16 to 31 . 



January . 
February 

March 

April 



1901. 



Sec-feet. 
13 

2,540 
9,200 

27 
13 



Sec-feet. 



Sec-feet. 



171 

725 

17 



Acre-feet. 



10,514 

40, 264 

1,045 

476 



Sec-feet. 
0.04 

.73 

3.09 

.07 

.03 



Inches. 

0.02 

.84 

3.21 

.08 

.03 



Estimated monthly discharge of San Lorenzo Creek at King City. 
[Drainage area, 235 square miles.] 





Discharge. 


Total dis- 
charge. 


Run-oflf. 


Month. 


Maximum. 


Minimum. 


Mean. 


Per 
square 
mile. 


Depth. 


1902. 
January 

February 


Sec-feet. 

15 
795 

875 

5 

200 

15 


Sec-feet. 
5 
5 
5 
3 

15 
5 


Sec-feet. 

6 

69 

81 
4 

85 

7 


Acre- feet. 

369 
3,832 

4,980 
238 

5,057 
430 


Sec-feet. 
.03 
.29 
.34 
.02 
.36 
.03 


Inches, 
.03 
.30 


March _ . _ 


.39 


April 

November 


.02 
.40 


December 


:o3 



SALT SPRING VALLEY. 

Estimated seasonal discharge into Salt Spring Valley reservoir near Milton, Cal- 
averas County, Cal.<^ 
[Drainage area, 25 square miles.] 





Mean dis- 
charge. 


Total for 
year. 


Run-oflf. 


Rainfall. 




Yt>ar. 


Per square 
mile. 


Depth. 


Run-oflf. 


1889-90-_. 


Sec-feet. 

36.7 

6.3 

4.9 

30.8 

22.5 

35.4 

8.5 

20.7 


Acre-feet. 

26, 606 
4,591 
3,560 
22,311 
16, 323 
25, 664 
6,221 


Sec-feet. 
1.47 

.25 

.20 
1.23 

.90 
1.42 

.34 


Inches. 
19.95 
3.39 
2.71 
16.69 
12.21 
19.27 
4.61 


Inches. 
30.38 
13.06 
16.98 
26. 46 
25.37 
32.31 
23.98 


Per cent. 

65 


1890-91 


26 


1891-92 


16 


1892-93 


63 


1893-94 


48 


1894-95 


59 


1895-96 


19 






Mean 


15,099 


.83 


11.26 


24.08 


42 







a Evaporation not considered in this table. 



LIPPINCOTT.] 



DISCHARGE TABLES. 



209 



SAN ANTONIO CREEK. 



The discharge of the streams of southern California was unusually 
low in September, 1898, and these measurements were made by the 
Edison Electric Company to determine the minimum with its hourly 
fluctuation. 



Discharge measurements of San Antonio Creek, at Water Company's weir, San 
Bernardino County. 

[Measurements by Edison Electric Co.] 



Dale. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Date. 


Dis- 
charge. 


September 15, 1898: 


r ■" 

Scc.-feet. 


September 15, 1898— Cont'd. 


Scc.-feet. 


7 a. m 


5.60 


9 p. m 


5.44 


7.30 a. m 


' 5.60 


9.30 p. m 


5.60 


8 a. m 


5.60 


lOp. m 


5.60 


8.30 a. m 


5.60 


10.30 p. m 


5.60 


9 a. m 


5.58 


11 p. m 


5.60 


9.30 a. m 


5.58 


11.30 p. m 


5.70 


10 a. m 


5.58 


12 midnight 


5.70 


10.30 a. m _.. 


5.44 


September 16, 1898: 

12.30 a. m 

la.m 




11 a. m .. . 


5.32 
5.32 


5.70 


11.30 a. m 


5.70 


12 m- 


5.32 
5.32 
5.06 


1.30 a. m . 

2a. m 

2.30 a. m 


5.70 


12.30 p. m 


5.70 


1 p. m 


5.70 


1.30 p. m 


5.06 


3 a. m 


5.70 


2 p. m 


5.06 


3.30 a. m 


5.70 


2.30 p. m 


5.06 
4.94 
4.94 
4.94 
4.80 
4.80 
4.80 
4.92 
5.06 


4 a. m 


5.70 


3 p. m_ ... 


4.30 a. m 

5 a. Tn 


5.70 


3.30 p. m. 


5.70 


4 p. m 


5.30 a. m 

6 a. m 

6.30 a. m 

12-hour mean 

September 16, 1898: 

7 a. m 

7.30 a. m 

8 a. m 


5.70 


4.30 p. m . 


5.60 


5 p. m . ... . . 


5.60 






5.30 p. m 




6 p. m . 


5.57 


6.30 p. m 








12-hour mean . 


5.22 


5.60 




5.60 


September 15, 1898: 




5.60 


7 p. m 


5.06 
5.06 
5.06 
5.44 


8.30 a. m 


5.60 


7.30 p. m 


9 a. m ._- .- 


5.60 


8 p. m 


9.30 a. m ... 


5.60 


8.30 p. m 


10 a. m 


5.44 


IRR 81—03^—14 







210 CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no.81. 

Discharge measurements of San Antonio Creek, etc. — Contintiecl, 



Date. 



September 10, 1898— Cont'd 

10.30 a. m 

11 a. m 

11.30 a. m 

12in 

12. 30 p. m 

1 p. m 

1.30 p. m 

2 p. m 

2.30 p. m 

3p. m :-. 

3.30 p. m 

4p. m 

4.30 p. m 

• 5 p. m 

5.30 p. m 

6 p. m 

6.30p.ni 

12-hour mean 

September 16, 1898: 

7 p. m 

7.30 p. m 

8 p.m 

8.30 p.m 



Dis- 
charge. 



Cec-feet. 
5.20 
5.18 
5.06 
5.06 
4,94 
4.94 
5.06 
5.06 
5.06 
5.06 
4.80 
4.80 
4.56 
5.06 
5.06 
5.06 
4.92 



5.16 



5.06 
5.06 
5.06 
5.06 



Date. 



September 16, 1898— Cont'd 

9 p. m 

9.30 p.m 

10 p.m 

10.30 p.m 

11 p.m 

11.30 p.m 

12 midnight 

September 17, 1898: 

12.30 a.m 

1 a.m 

1.30 a.m 

2 a.m 

2.30 a.m 

3 a.m 

3.30 a.m .... 

4 a.m 

4.30 a.m 

5 a.m . 

5.30 a.m 

6 a.m 

6.30 a. m 

12-hour mean 



Dis- 
charge. 



•.-feet. 
5.44 
5.44 
5.'^4 
5.60 
5.60 
5.60 
5.60 

5.60 
5.60 
5.60 
5.60 
5.60 
5.60 
5.70 
5.70 
5.70 
5.70 
5.70 
5.70 
5.60 



5.53 



Discharge measurements of San Antonio Creek, San Bernardino County. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Locality. 






Sec-feet. 




July 23, 1896 _ 

July 2, 1898 __ 


J. H. Quinton 


7.9 


Mouth of canyon. 
Do. 


F. H. Olmsted- --.-_--- 


6.59 


Aug. 26, 1898 _ 


do 


5.18 


Division weir. 


Aug. 25, 1899- 


S. Q. Bennett 


4.48 


Mouth of canyon. 


July 11, 1900 - 


do 


4.07 


Do. 


Sept. 25, 1900- 


W. W. Cockins, jr 


3.72 


Division weir. 


April3, 1902_. 


S.G.Bennett 


11.40 


Do. 


July 23, 1896 


J. H. Quinton 


1.88 


Ontario water from tunnel. 


July 2, 1898 __ 


F. H. Olmsted 


3.36 


In creek^at Pierce's camp. 



LippiNcoTT.] SAN ANTONIO CREEK. 211 

The water of San Antonio Creek is utilized to a large extent. The 
Pacific Electric Light and Power Company, commonly called the San 
Gabriel Electric Companjs has a power plant in the canyon at an 
elevation of 3,250 feet. The water from the tailrace of this power 
house passes over a measuring weir and is discharged into the pipe 
line of the San Antonio Water Companj^'s power plant. It is carried 
in this conduit on the right bank of the canyon to a point opposite 
the old division weir between the San Antonio Water Company and 
the Pomona Land and Water Company, from which point it is dis- 
charged through the power house of the San Antonio Water Company. 
The portion of the water which goes to the San Antonio Water Com- 
pany is again diverted through a pipe line and used at a third power 
house, at an elevation of about 1,900 feet, near the left bank of the 
canyon. In addition there is a tunnel in the mouth of the canyon run 
through the bowlders and gravels of the river bed to bed rock, up to 
and near the old division box mentioned above. This tunnel water 
together with all other water after it has been used for power is used 
for irrigation near Ontario and Pomona. 

The second power plant on the river was constructed by the San 
Antonio Water Company during the j^ear 1902, and before the water 
was diverted into the conduits of this corporation a board of engineers 
was appointed by the San Antonio Water Company to make measure- 
ments of the water in various portions of the canj^on in order to 
determine what effect, if any, would result from the diversion of the 
stream which they contemplated from the upper power house of the 
San Gabriel Electric Company to the old division box. This board 
of engineers consisted of W. II. Saunders, chief engineer, F. E. Trask, 
Samuel Storrow, and J. B. Lippincott, consulting engineer. Suitable 
weirs were erected, and automatic river-height-recording devices were 
installed on most of these weirs. The San Gabriel Electric Company's 
power-house weir was located in the tailrace of the power house, and 
measured the main volume of water in the river at that point. The 
"Fountain of Life " spring is a small steady flow of water issuing from 
a spring near the San Gabriel Electric Company's power house, but 
the water is not included in that measured in the power-house weir. 
A small amount of water was flowing in the bed of the stream oppo- 
site the San Gabriel Electric Companj^'s power house, and was not 
included in either the power-house weir or the "Fountain of Life" 
spring measurements. 

The Spring Hill weir was located in the main river below the San 
Gabriel Electric Company's power house and measured total flow\ 

The "Baby Ruth" weir was also in the main stream below the San 
Gabriel Electric Company's powerhouse, and above the division weir, 
and measured the full stream. 

The division weir was located in the main stream opposite the 
power house of the San Antonio Water Company. At this point the 



212 



CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



water is divided between the San Antonio Water Company and the 
Pomona Land and Water Company, but before the division occurs a 
certain amount of water, known as gird water, is taken OTit of the 
stream and not included in the measurement of the main division 
weir. 

The water measured in the San Antonio tunnel is picked up from 
the sands and gravels of the river bed below all the above-mentioned 
points of measurements, and this water is not included in any other 
measurement. 

All these measurements were made prior to the time when the diver- 
sion occurred through the new pipe line and power plant of the San 
Antonio Water Company. 

All these measurements were made for the San Antonio Water 
Company by the engineers in question. They were supplemented by 
further continuous records obtained from the automatic registers; 
but these records are not now available for publication. 

Discharge measurements of San Antonio Creek. 



Date. 


Hydrogapher. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Loc;aliiy. 


1902. 

June 28 

July 12, 11.40 a. in 

July 12, 1.13 p. m _ 


J. B. Lippincott - 

do _... 

do __ 


Sec-feet. 

7.69 

6.88 
6.58 
6.15 
6.15 
5.99 
5.61 
4.88 
4.74 


Baby Ruth weir. 
Do. 
Do. 


Aug 2 11.15 a. ni 


do 


Do. 


Aug. 9, 11 a. m 


do 


Do. 


Aug. 9, 1.12 p. m 


do 


Do. 


Aug. 29, 11.45 a. m 


.do 


Do. 


Sept. 29, 12.30 p. m 

Oct. 18, 12.30 p. m 


do 

do 


Do. 
Do. 




do 




June 28 


6.56 
.42 


Division weir. 


Do 


do 


Grird water. 




do 

_do .. 






6.98 


Total. 


July 12, 10.58 a. m 

Do 


5.76 
.35 


Division weir. 
Gird water. 




do 






6.11 


Total. 


July 12, 2.40 p. m 


5.20 
.35 


Division weir. 


Do 


do 


Gird water. 










5.55 


Total. 



LiPPiNCOTT] SAN ANTONIO CREEK. 

Discharge measurements of San Antonio Creek — Continued. 



213 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Locality. 


1902. 

Aug. 2, 10.30 a. m 

Do 


J. B.Lippincott-- 
do 


Sec-feet. 

4.83 

.36 


Division weir. 
Gird water. 




do 

do - -. 






5.19 


Total. 


Aug. 2, 2.30 p. m 

Do 


4.35 
.36 


Division weir. 
Gird water. 




-- do 

_do 






4.71 


Total. 


Aug. 9, 10.18 a. m 

Do 


4.76 
.35 


Division weir. 
Gird water. 




do 






5.11 


Total. 


Aug. 9. 2.40 p m 


4.18 
.35 


Division weir. 


Do 


do 


Gird water. 




do 

.....do... 






4.53 


Total. 


Aug 29. 10.55 a. m 

Do 


4.26 

.38 


Division weir. 
Gird water. 




do 

do 






4.64 


Total. 


Aug. 29, 2.27 p. m_._ 

Do 


3. 55 

.38 


Division weir. 
Gird water. 




do 






3.93 


Total. 


Sept. 27, 10.30 a. m 

Do 


4.00 
.33 


Division weir. 


do 


Gird water. 




do 

do 






4.33 


Total. 


Sept. 27, 2.15 p. m 

Do 


3.57 
.33 


Division weir. 
Gird water. 




do 

do 






3.90 


Total. 


Oct. 18, 10.55 a. m 

Do 


3.98 
.38 


Division weir. 
Gird water 




do 






4.36 


Total. 


June 28 


.34 

.34 
.30 


Fountain of Life spring- 
weir measurement. 

Do. 


July 12, 12.15 p. ni 


do 


Aug. 2, 12.05 p. m 


:--_-do 


Do. 



214 



CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no. 81. 

Discharge nieasuremeuts of San Antonio Creek — Continued. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Locality. 


1902. 




Sec.^feet. 




Aug. 9, 11.42 a. m 


J.B.Lippincott-. 


0.32 


Fountain of Life spring- 
weir measurement. 


Aug. 29, 12.20 p. m 


do 


.29 


Do. 


Sept. 27, 11.33 a. m 


do 


.29 


Do. 


Oct. 18, 12 m 


do 


.30 
1.38 


Do. 


June 28 _ . 


do 


San Antonio tunnel — weir 






measurement. 


July 12, 10.36 a. m 


do ..._ 


1.27 


Do. 


Aug. 2, 10.10 a. m 


do 


1.19 


Do. 


Aug 9, 10 a. m 


do 


1.17 


Do. 


Aug. 30, 10.30 a.m. 


do 


1.15 


Do. 


Sept. 27, 10.12 a.m 


-do 


1.12 


Do. 


June 28 .__-.. 


do 


7.40 


San Gabriel Electric Com- 






pany's power house- 
concrete weir basin- 
weir measurement. 


July 12 12.20 p.m 


do . 


6.10 


Do. 


Aug. 2, 12 m 


.do . 


5.59 


Do. 


Aug. 9, 11.48 a.m 


do 


5.67 


Do. 


Aug. 29, 12.30 p.m 


do 


4.59 


Do. 


Sept. 27, 11.37 a. m 


do 


4.64 


Do. 


Oct. 13, 11.38 a. m 


do 


4.31 


Do. 


June 28 


do 


.55 


San Gabriel Electric Com- 






pany's power house- 
weir measurement in 
creek. 


July 12, 12.33 p. m 


do 


.47 


Do. 


Aug. 2, 12.10 p. m 


do 


.40 


Do. 


Aug. 9, 12.11 p. m -_ 


do 


.40 


Do. 


Aug. 29, 12.40 p. m 


-----do ..- 


.35 


Do. 


Sept. 27, 12 m 


do 


.36 


Do. 


Oct. 18, 12 m 


do 


.39 


Do. 


Aug. 2, 11.45 a. m 


do 


6.31 


Spring Hill weir. 


Aug. 9, 11.22 a. m 


do 


6.36 


Do. 


Aug. 9, 1 p. m 


do 


5.88 


Do. 


Aug. 29, 12.07 p. m 


do 


5.59 


Do. 


Aug. 29, 12.10 p. m 


do 


5.40 


Do. 


Sept. 27, 12.05 p. m 


do 


5.28 


Do. 


Oct. 18, 12.12 p. m 


do 


5.01 


Do. 



LTPPINCOTT.J 



DISCHARGE TABLES. 
SAN BERNARDINO VALLEY. 



216 



Discharge measurements of San Bernardino Valley, between San Bernardino 
and Riverside. 



Date. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Locality. 




Sec-feet. 




June, 1898 


0.61 


Developed water. Camp Carlton ditch. 


September, 1898 . _ _ _ 


1.20 


Do. 


March, 1899 


2.13 


Do. 


June, 1899 


1.63 


Do. 


August, 1899 . 


1.02 


Do. . 


March, 1900 _.._._.. 


2.55 


Do. 


June, 1900 


2.60 
1.67 


Do. 


September, 1900 .,._ 


Do. 


October 7, 1902 


1.70 


Do. 


June, 1898 


.67 


Beams ditch, natural water. 


September, 1898 


.65 


Do. 


March, 1899 


.72 


Do. 


June, 1899 


.52 


Do. 


August, 1899 


.40 


Do. 


Mcrch, 1900 


.68 


Do. 


June, 1900 


.50 
.33 


Do. 


September, 1900 .... 


Do. 


October 13, 1902 _... 


.22 


Do. 


June, 1898 


5.26 


Bloomington flume, developed water. 
Do. 


September, 1898 .... 


5.49 


March, 1899 


.00 


Do. 


June, 1899 


5.93 
3.05 


Do. 


August, 1899 


Do. 


March, 1900 


3.80 


Do. 


June, 1900 


3.68 

3.28 


Do. 


September, 1900 


Do. 


October?, 1902 


2.28 


Do. 


June, 1898 


6.82 


City of Col ton ditch, developed water. 


September, 1898 


7.40 


Do. 


March, 1899. 


3.20 


Do. 


June, 1899 


5.49 

3.89 


Do. 


August, 1899 


Do. 


March, 1900 


4.94 


Do. 


June, 1900 


3.21 
3.54 


Do. 


September, 1900 


Do. 


October 7, 1902 ..... 


3.53 


Do. 


June, 1898 


1.97 


Colton Terrace Water Co., developed water. 
Do. 


September, 1898 


1.61 



216 CALIFORNIA HYDROGBAPHY. [no. 81. 

Discharge measurements of San Bernardino Valley, etc. — Continued. 



Date. 


Dis^ 

cbarge, 


Locality. 




Sec-feet. 




March, 1899 


1.69 


Colton Terrace Water Co. , developed water. 


June, 1899 


1.30 


Do. 


August, 1899 


1.30 


Do. 


March, 1900 


1.69 


Do. 


June, 1900 


1.54 


Do. 


September, 1900 _ . . . 


1.53 


Do. 


October 7, 1902 


1.08 


Do. 


June, 1898 


.63 


Daley ditch, natural water. 


September, 1898 


.67 


Do. 


March, 1899 


.71 


Do. 


June, 1899 


.51 


Do. 


August, 1899 


.51 


Do. 


March, 1900 


.72 


Do. 


June, 1900 


1.12 


Do. 


September, 1900 


.54 


Do. 


October 13, 1902. ___ 


.00 


Do. 


June, 1898 


4.40 


East Riverside district, or Riverside Highlands 




Water Co. , developed water. 


September, 1898 ___. 


4.43 


Do. 


March, 1899 


4.25 


Do. 


June, 1899 


2.08 


Do. 


August, 1899 


2.00 


Do. 


March, 1900 


6.59 


Do. 


June, 1900 


5.38 


Do. 


September, 1900 


3.70 


Do. 


June, 1898 


1.16 


Gage canal, Santa Ana River, natural water. 


September, 1898 


1.16 


Do. 


March, 1899 


.72 


Do. 


June, 1899 


.24 
.64 


Do. 


August, 1899 


Do. 


March, 1900 


.395 


Do. 


June, 1900 


.29 


Do. 


September, 1900 


.17 


Do. 


October 7, 1902 


.00 


Do. 


June, 1898 


26.26 


Gage canal. Palm avenue weir, developed water. 


September, 1898 ..._ 


25.07 


Do. 


March, 1899 


26.68 


Do. 


June, 1899 


25.22 


Do. 


August, 1899 


23.47 


Do. 


March, 1900 


21.96 


Do. 


June, 1900 


22.23 


Do. 



UPPINCOTT] BAN BERNABDINO VALLIY. 217 

Discharge measurements of San Bernardino Valley, etc. — Continued. 



Date. 


Dis- 
charge 


Locality. 




Sec -feei. 




September, 1900 


27. 85 


Gage canal, Palm avenue weir, developed water. 


October 11, 1902. 


30.17 


Do. 


June, 1898 


.84 


Haws and Talmadge ditch, natiiral water. 


September, 1898 .... 


.00 


Do. 


March, 1899 


.28 


Do. 


June, 1899 


.00 
.00 


Do. 


August, 1899 


Do. 


March, 1900 


.00 


Do. 


June, 1900 


.00 


Do. 


September, 1900 


.00 


Do. 


September 30, 1902.. 


.00 


Do. 


June, 1898 


.72 


Logsdon and Farrell ditch, natural water. 


September, 1898 ... 


.63 


Do. 


March, 1899 


1.61 


Do. 


June, 1899 


1.15 


Do. 


August, 1899 


.54 


Do. 


March, 1900 


1.26 


Do. 


June, 1900 


.49 

.20 


Do. 


September, 1900 .... 


Do. 


October 13, 1902 ... . 


.00 


Do. 


June, 1898 


.37 


Mclntyre ditch, natural water. 


September, 1898 _ . . , 


.038 


Do. 


March, 1899 


.82 


Do. 


June, 1899 


.15 
.00 


Do. 


August, 1899 


Do. 


March, 1900 


.14 


Do. 


June,1900 


.01 


Do. 


September, 1900 .... 


.00 


Do. 


October 7, 1902 


.00 


Do. 


June, 1898 


2.54 


McKenzie ditch, natural water. 


September, 1898 


2.08 


Do. 


March, 1899 


9.40 


Do. 


June, 1899 


3.86 


Do. 


August, 1899 


2.00 


Do. 


March, 1900 _ 


2.30 


Do. 


June, 1900 


1.57 


Do. 


September, 1900 


1.69 


Do. 


September 30, 1902 -_ 


.00 


Do. 


June, 1898 


8.42 


Meeks and Daley ditch, natural water. 
Do. 


September, 1898 


17.00 



218 CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no 81. 

Discharge measurements of San Bernardino Valley, etc. — Continued. 



Date. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Locality. 




Sec. feet. 






March, 1899 .._ 


17.00 


Meeks and Daley ditch, natural water. 




June, 1899 


15.48 


Do. 




August, 1899 . 


10.45 


Do. 




March, 1900 ........ 


13.94 


Do. ■ 




June, 1900 


13.78 


Do. 




September, 1900 


14.68 


Do. 




September 30, 1902. _ 


13.40 


Do. 




June, 1898 


1.94 


Mill pump, developed water. 




September, 1898 


2.04 


Do. 




March, 1899 


.00 


Not running. 




June, 1899 


1.77 


Mill pump, developed water. 
Do. 




August, 1899 


1.67 




March, 1900 


' .00 


Not running. 




June, 1900 


1.88 


Mill pump, developed water. 
Do. 




September, 1900 .... 


1.52 




September 30,1902.. 


1.20 


Do. 




June, 1898 


5.37 


Rabel dam ditch, natural water. 




September, 1898 


3.07 


Do. 




March, 1899 


2.26 


Do. 




June, 1899 


1.54 


Do. 




August, 1899 


.94 


Do. 




March, 1900 .... 


.54 


Do. 




June, 1900 


.35 


Do. 




September, 1900 .... 


.07 


Do. 




September 30,1902.. 


.00 


Do. 




Jime,1898 


1.75 


Ranchero ditch, natural water. 


, 


September, 1898 


1.64 


Do. 




March, 1899 


1.64 


Do. 




June, 1899 


1.00 
.41 


Do. 
Do. 




August, 1899 . 




March, 1900 


.24 


Do. 




June, 1900 


.55 


Do. 




September, 1900 


1.33 


Do. 




Do 


.80 


Ranchero ditch, developed water. 




June, 1898 


'3.12 


Riverside Water Company, natural water. 




September, 1898 .... 


3.36 


Do. 




March, 1899 


5.30 


Do. 




June, 1899 


7.29 


Do. 




August, 1899 


2.56 


Do. 




March, 1900 


2.67 


Do. 





LIPPTNCOTT] SAN BERNARDINO VALLEY. 219 

Discharge measurements of San Bernardino Valley, etc. — Continued. 



Date. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Locality. 




Sec-feet. 




June, 1900 


2.17 


Riverside Water Company, natural water. 
Do. 


September, 1900 


.94 


September 30,1902.. 


.50 


Do. 


June, 1898 ... 


2.30 


Shay or Stout dam ditch, natural water. 


September, 1898 .... 


2.08 


Do. 


March, 1899 


2.23 


Do. 


June, 1899 


. 1.13 
.90 


Do. 


August, 1899 


Do. 


March, 1900 


.507 


Do. 


June, 1900 


.40 


Do. 


September, 1900 .. . 


.16 


Do. 


September 30,1902-. 


.00 


Do. 


June, 1898 


1.00 


Swamp ditch, natural water. 
Do. 


September, 1898.... 


1.02 


March, 1899 


.85 


Do. 


June, 1899- 


.77 


Do. 


August, 1899 


.69 


Do. 


March, 1900 


.70 


Do. 


June, 1900 


.89 
.86 


Do. 


September, 1900 .... 


Do. 


October 14, 1902 


.93 


Do. 


June, 1898 


1.60 


Ward and Warren ditch, developed water. 


Do 


. 72 


Ward and Warren ditch, natural water. 


September, 1898 


1.60 


Ward and Warren ditch, developed water. 


Do 


.72 
1.60 


Ward and Warren ditch, natural water. 


March, 1899 


Ward" and Warren ditch, developed water. 


Do 


1.49 
.615 


Ward and Warren ditch, natural water. 


June, 1899 


Ward and Warren ditch, developed water. 


August, 1899 


1.56 


Do. 


March, 1900 


1.60 


Do. 


Do 


.95 


Ward and Warren ditch, natural water. 


June, 1900 


1.60 


Ward and Warren ditch, developed water. 


Do 


.10 


Ward and Warren ditch, natural water. 


September, 1900 


.53 


Ward and Warren ditch, developed water. 


October 14, 1902 .... 


.30 


Do. 


Do 


1.58 


Ward and Warren ditch, natural water. 


June, 1898 


.26 


Whiting ditch, natural water o 
Do. 


September, 1898 


.01 


March, 1899 


.76 


Do. 


June, 1899 


.246 


Do. 



220 CALIFOBNIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no.81. 

Discharge measurements of San Bernardino Valley, etc. — Continued. 



Date. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Loca.ity. 




Sec-feet. 




August, 1899 


0.01 


Whiting ditch, natural water. 


March, 1900 


1.12 


Do. 


June, 1900 


.13 


Do. 


September, 1900.... 


.00 


Do. 


October 13, 1902.... 


.00 


Do. 


June, 1898. .. 


.34 

.38 


Whitlock ditch, natural water. 


September, 1898 


Do. 


March, 1899 


.47 


Do. 


June, 1899 


.28 


Do. 


August, 1899 


.09 


Do. 


March, 1900 


.23 


Do. 


June, 1900 


.00 
.00 


Do. 


September, 1900 


Do. 


October 13, 1902.-.. 


.00 


Do. 



List of discharge measurements of San Bernardino Valley between San Bernar- 
dino and Colt on. 



Dis- 
charge. 



June, 1898 

Do 

September, 1898 _ _ . 

Do 

March, 1899.. 

Do 

June, 1899 

Do 

August, 1899 

Do 

March, 1900 

Do 

June, 1900 

Do 

September, 1900 . . . 

Do 

September 30, 1902 

Do 



Sec. -feet. 

18.00 
41.04 
17.54 
43.80 
18.04 
42.49 
17.50 
36.42 
27.50 
24.54 
24.54 
37.40 
32.36 
20.58 
27.00 
34.02 
26.08 
21.89 



Riverside Water Co. , upper canal, developed water. 
Riverside Water Co., upper canal, natural water. 
Riverside Water Co. , upper canal, developed water. 
Riverside Water Co., upper canal, natural water. 
Riverside Water Co. , upper canal, developed water. 
Riverside Water Co., upper canal, natural water. 
Riverside Water Co. , upper canal, developed water. 
Riverside Water Co., upper canal, natural water. 
Riverside Water Co. , upper canal, developed water. 
Riverside Water Co., upi)er canal, natural water. 
Riverside Water Co. , upper canal, developed water. 
Riverside Water Co., upper canal, natural water. 
Riverside Water Co. , upper canal, developed water. 
Riverside Water Co., upper canal, natural water. 
Riverside Water Co. , upper canal, developed water. 
Riverside Water Co,, upper canal, natural water. 
Riverside Water Co. , upper canal, developed water. 
Riverside Water Co., upper canal, natural water. 



LIPPINCOTT.] 



SAN BERNARDINO VALLEY. 



221 



Discharge measurements of return waters below Slover Mountain, above Riverside 
Narrows, San Bernardino Valley, between San Bernardino and Riverside. 



Date. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Remarks. 


1902. 


Sec-feet. 




September 29 


5.94 


West Riverside pumping plant, developed water. 


October 11 


4.38 


Rogers pumping plant, developed water. 


Do 


2.95 


Riverside Water Co., pumping plant No. 1, Santa 
Ana River flume, developed water. 


Do 


2.08 


Riverside Water Co., pumping plant No. 2, Santa 
Ana River flume, developed water. 


September 29 


3.07 


Riverside Water Co., flume head of lower canal, 
natural water. 


Do 


7.19 


Roubidoux Canal, natural water. 


Do 


2.17 


Evans ditch at north line Riverside County line, 
natural water. 


Do 


.53 


Evans ditch 1 mile south Riverside County line, 
natural water. 




Do 


5.35 


Evans Island ditch, west end of West Riverside 
bridge, natural water. 


• Do 


1.96 


Alvetriz ditch at east end West Riverside bridge, 
natural water. 


October 10 


43.25 


Santa Ana River at Riverside Narrows. 






Total 


63.52 





222 CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no. 81 

Comparative amounts of water, in second-feet, flowing in canals above Cotton. 



■NToTno r>f rii+^Vi JuHG, Sept., Mar., June, Aug., Mar., June, Sept., Sept., 

iMameoiaitcn. moa ^qqq tcoq laoQ jggg ^^^ -^^^ -^^qq ^g^g 



Haws & Talmage- 

Rabel dam 

■ Shay or Stout dam 

McKenzie 

Meeks & Daley -.- 
Beam. 



Riverside Water 
Co., upper ca- 
nal 6 

Timber 



Gage canal , Santa 
Ana River . 



Gage canal , Palm 
avenne 



Logadon & Far- 
rell 



Whitlock 

Daley 

Mclntyre 

Whiting 

Swamp 

Ranchero 

Ward & Warren. 

Mill flume of Riv- 
erside Water Co 

Mill pump of Riv- 
erside Water Co 

Camp Carlton 

East Riverside - - . 

Colton Terrace 

Water Co 



City of Colton . _ . 

Bloomington 
flume 



West Riverside 
350-inch pump- 
ing plant 

Rogers pumping 
plant . 



Santa Ana River 
flume; River- 
side pumping 
plants Nos. 1 
and2 



Total - 



0. 
5.37 
2.30 
2.54 

8.42 
.67 



5.26 



138.11 



0.00 
3.07 
2.08 
2.08 
«17.00 
^>.65 

61.34 
.00 

1.16 

C25. 07 

.63 

.38 

.67 

.038 

.01 

1.02 

1.64 

«2. 32 

3.36 

2.04 
1.20 
4.43 

1.61 
7.40 

5.49 



144. 69 



0.28 
2.36 
2.23 
9.40 
17.00 
.72 

60.53 
.00 

.72 

^26. 68 

1.61 
.47 
.71 

.82 

.76 

.85 

1.64 

3.09 

5.3 

2.13 
4.25 

1, 
3.20 



0.00 
1.54 
1.13 
3.86 
15.48 
.52 

53.92 
.00 

.24 

c25. 22 

1.15 
.28 
.51 
.15 
.246 
.77 

1.00 
.615 

7.29 

1.77 
1.62 
2.08 

1.30 
5.49 

5.93 



146.44132.11 



0.00 
.94 
.90 

2.00 

10.45 

.40 

52.04 

.00 

.64 

^-23. 47 

.54 
.094 
.51 
.00 
.01 
.69 
.41 
1.56 

2.56 

1.67 
1.02 
2.00 

1.30 



3.05 



110.14 



0.00 
.54 
.507 

2.30 

13.94 

.68 

61.94 i 
.00 

.395 

C21.96 

1.26 
.23 
.72 
.14 

1.12 
.70 
.24 

2.55 

2.67 

(^) 

2.55 

6.59 

1.69 
4.94 



52. 



131.46 



^•22. 23 

.49 
.00 

1.12 
.01 
.13 
.89 
.55 

1.70 

2.1^ 



.60 



117.41 



I 



0.00 
.07 
.16; 

1.69| 
14.68, 

.33 

i 

61.02 
.00 



C27. 85 

.20 
.00 
.54 
.00 
.00 
.86 
1.33 
.53 

.94 

1.52 
1.6' 
3.70 

1.53 
3.54 

3.28 



125. 61 



0.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
13.40 
.22 

47.97 
.00 

.00 

•30. 17 

.00 
.00 
.00 

.00 
.00 
.93 

2.28 
1.88 

.50 

1.20 
1.70 



1.08 
3.53 

.00 

5.94 
4.38 



.03 



120. 21 



a Interpolated. ^ Above Slover Mountain. 



'•River water not included. ff Pumps not run. 



LIPPINCOTT.] 



SAN BERNARDINO A^ ALLEY. 



Return ivater, natural floiv in second-feet, compared ivith develojjed ivater 
Bernardino Valley above Colt on. 



223 

in San 



Name of ditch. 



Haws & Talmage- _ . 

Rabel dam 

Shay or Stout dam- . 

McKenzie 

Beam 

Riverside WaterCo. , 
upper canal 

Gage canal, Santa 
Ana River 



Gage canal, Palm 
avenue w^eir 



Logsdon & Farrell. . 

Whitlock 

Daley 

Mclntyre 

Whiting 

Swamp 

Ranchero 

Ward & Warren 

Mill flume of River- 
side Water Co 

Mill pump of River- 
side Water Co 

Camp Carlton ditch. 

East Riverside dis- 
trict, or Riverside 
Highland Water 
Co 



Colton Terrace 
WaterCo 



City of Colton pump- 
ing plant- 

Bloomington flume . 

Meeks & Daley ditch . 

Total 



Devel- 
oped. 



18.00 



26.26 



1.60 



1.94 
.61 

4.40 

1.97 

6.82 
5.26 



Natu- 
ral. 



0.84 
5.37 
2.30 
2.54 
.67 

41.04 

1.16 



.72 
.34 
.63 
.37 
.26 
1.00 
«1.75 



.12 



September, 189d. 



Devel- 
oped. 



17.54 



25.07 



8.42 
71.25 



1.60 



2.04 
1.20 



4.43 
1.61 



7.40 
5.49 



66.38 



Natu- 
ral. 



0.00 
3.07 



.65 



1.16 



.63 
.38 
.67 
.038 
.010 
1.020 
1.640 
.720 

3.360 



«17.00 



.31 



Devel- 
oped. 



18.04 



26.68 



1.60 



Not 
run. 

2.13 



4.25 
1.69 



3.20 
.00 



57. 5^ 



Natu- 
ral. 



0.28 



2.23 
9.40 



42.49 

.72 



Devel- 
oped. 



17.50 



25. 22 



1.61 

.47 
.71 



.85 
1.64 
1.49 

5.30 



1.77 
1.62 



J 1.30 

5.49 
5.93 



17.00 



88.85 



61.525 



a Interpolated. 



224 



CALIFOKNIA HYDROGRAPHY. , [no.81. 

Return ivater, natural flow in second-feet, etc. — Continued. 



Name of ditch. 


August, 1899. 


March, 1900. 


June, 1900. 


September, 
1900. 


September, 
1902. 


Devel- 
oped. 


Natu- 
ral. 


Devel- 
oped. 


Natu- 
ral. 


Devel- 
oped. 


Natu- 
ral. 


Devel- 
oped. 


Natu- 
ral. 

0.00 
.07 
.16 

1.69 
.33 

34.02 

.17 

.20 
.00 
.54 
.00 
.00 
.86 
.53 

.94 


Devel- 
oped. 


Natu- 
ral. 


Haws & Talmage_ _ _ 

Rabel dam 

Shay or Stout dam _ _ 

McKenzie 

Beam 

Riverside Water Co. , 
upper canal 

Gage canal, Santa 
Ana River 

Gage canal. Palm 
avenue weir 

Logsdon & Farrell . _ 


27.50 

23.47 


0.00 
.94 
.90 

2.00 
.40 

24.54 

.64 

.54 
.09 
.51 
.00 
.01 
.69 
.41 

2.56 


24.54 
21.96 

1.60 


0.000 
.540 
.507 

2.300 
.680 

37.40 

.395 

1.26 
.23 

.72 
.14 
1.12 
.70 
.24 
.95 

2.67 

/Not 
\run. 

13.94 


0.00 

32.36 
22.23 

1.60 

1 1.88 
2.60 

5.38 

1.54 

3.21 
3.68 


0.00 
.35 
.40 

1.57 
.50 

20.58 

.29 

.49 
.00 
1.12 
.01 
.13 
.89 
.55 
.10 

2.17 

13.78 


27.00 

27.85 

.80 
.53 

1.52 
1.67 

3.70 
1.53 

3.54 

3.28 


26.08 
30.17 

2.28 
.30 

1.20 
1.70 


0.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 

.22 

21.89 
.00 

.00 


Whitlock 

Daley 

Mclntyre 

Whiting 

Swamp 

Ranchero 

Ward & Warren. _._ 

Mill flume of River- 
side Water Co 

Mill pump of River- 


1.56 

1 1.67 
1.02 

2.00 

1.30 

3.89 
3.05 


.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.93 

1.58 
.50 


side Water Co 

Camp Carlton ditch _ 

East Riverside dis- 
trict, or Riverside 
Highland Water 
Co 


10.45 


2.55 

6.59 
1.69 

4.94 

3.80 




Colton Terrace Wa- 
ter Co 

City of Colton pump- 
ing plant 


14.68 


1.08 

3.53 

.00 

5.94 

4.38 

5.03 




Bloomington flume . 

Meeks& Daley ditch 

West Riverside 350- 
inch pumping 
plant 


13.40 


Rogers pumping 
plant 




















Santa Ana River 
flume; Riverside 
pumping plant 
Nos. 1 and 2 








































Total 


65.46 


44.68 


67.67 


63.79 


74.48 


42.93 


71.42 


54.18 


81.69 


38.52 



LippiNcoTT] DISCHARGE TABLES. 225 

From the two preceding tables it will be noted that despite severe 
droughts which existed from 1898 to 1902, inclusive, the output of 
water from the gravel beds above Colton has but slightly diminished, 
the total being 144.69 second-feet in September, 1898, as compared 
with 120.21 second-feet in September, 1902. The amount of developed 
water in September, 1898," was 66.38 second-feet, and in Septentber, 
1902, 81.69 second-feet, while the natural return water between the 
same dates decreased from 78.31 second- feet to 38.52 second-feet. 
During this period much deA^elopment work was done, and while these 
new supi:)lies do not mean an absolute addition to the output from the 
district, the fact that the total supply was maintained notwithstand- 
ing the drought is a decided achievement. 

SAN DIEMAS WASH. 

See San Gabriel River, miscellaneous measurements, San Diemas 
Wash. 

SAN FERNANDO CREEK. 

Discharge measurement of San Fernando Creek, tributary of Los Angeles River, 

at San Fernando Mission, Los Angeles County. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


1901. 
Jan. 28 


J. B. Lipj)incott . . 


Sec-feet. 

3.21 









SAN FRANCISQUITO CREEK. 

Discharge measurement of San Francisquito Creek at junction with Santa Clara 
River, Los Angeles County. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


1898. 
Aug. 11 


F. H. Olmsted :__ . 


Sec-feet. 
2.07 







SAN GABRIEL RIVER. 

The drainage basin of this river lies on the southern slope of the 
Sierra Madre, the watershed being included in Los Angeles County, 
Cal. The various tributaries join the river before it enters its lowest 
canyon, whence it appears finally on the plain in the vicinity of 
Azusa. The seepage waters appear lower down in the valle5^ The 
floods discharge into the Pacific Ocean through a number of poorly 
defined storm channels. All the summer flow uf this stream is now 
used for irrigation purposes in the vicinity of Azusa. Owing to 
the numerous diversions, it has been diificult to obtain accurate dis- 
charge measurements, but during 1898 the San Gabriel Electric Com- 
pany completed its system, and measurements are now obtained with 
greater ease, and hence with greater accuracy. The head works of 
this company are located al)0ut 6 miles above the mouth of the can- 
yon, the water is carried along the left side by a series of tunnels and 

IRR 81—03^=^10 



226 



CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



conduits, and a liead of 400 feet is obtained where the electric power 
is generated. Weirs are placed on the conduit of the electric com- 
pany, and tlie low water is measured at this point. The capacity of 
the conduit is 00 second-feet. The gaging station on the main river 
is located at the mouth of the canyon. The equipment consists of a 
rod, a cable, a car, and a tagged wire. 

Discharge ineasnrejnents of San Gabriel River at point near mouth of canyon 
near Azusa, Los Angeles County, Cal. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Gage 
height. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Remarks. ' 


1895. 

Sept. 10 
Nov. 5 • 


J. B. Lippincott 

.do _ 


Feet. 
1.19 


Sec-feet. 
34.93 

13.25 

0.00 

37.50 


Total flow, meter measure- 
ment. 

Total flow. 


Dec. 11 


do 




River. 


Do 


do 




Canals. 




do 

do . 


1.9 




Dec. 21 
Do -- 


27.30 
26.60 


River. 
Canals. 




Total 








53.90 






J. B. Lippincott 






Dec. 21 


27.05 
26.60 


River. 


Do-_- 


do . . . 




Canals. 




Total 








53.65 




1896. 


J. B. Lippincott 

do 


1.35 




Feb. 17 
Do-._ 


4.86 
33.00 


River. 
Canals. 




Total .__ 








37.86 






J. B. Lippincott 

do 


2.27 




Mar. 22 
Do.__ 


69.91 
35.20 


River. 
Canals. 




Total 








105.11 






J. B. Lippincott , . ._ 






Apr. 30 


0.00 
55.20 

25.14 


River. 


Do-__ 


. do 




Canals. 


June 17 


do 




Irrigators upper weir. 




do 




Do_-_ 


19.94 
3.99 

1.54 


River. 


Do_._ 


do 




Azusa irrigation develop- 
ment. 

Vineland tunnel. 


Do_._ 


do .. 






Total i 






25.47 










July 22 


John H. Quinton 




0.00 

26. 75 
0.00 


River. 


Do_.- 


do 




Canals. 


Nov. 22 


J. B. Lippincott - - 






Do-_. 


do .-.- 




21.10 Harials 













LIPPINCOTT.] SAN 

Discharge measurements 



GABRIEL RIVER. 227 

of San Gabriel River, etc. — Continued. 



Date. 


Hydrogi'apher. 


Gage 
height. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Remarks. 


1897. 
Jan. 10 
Do.-- 


Feet. 

J. B. Lippincott ___!__. 1. 28 
do 


Sec,-feet. 

4.50 

19.93 

1.65 


River. 
Canals. 


Do_-_ 


do ._._ 

Total 




Vineland canal water. 




26.08 






J. B. Lippincott 

do 


2.00 




Jan. 25 
Do 


57.79 

16.20 

1.13 


River. 
Canals. 


Do . 


do 




Vineland canal water. 




Total . _ 








75.12 






J. B. Lippincott _ . 

do 


5.1 




Feb. 1 
Do... 


1,725.0 

00.0 

422.1 

00.0 


River. 
Canals. 


Feb. 2 
Do___ 


do 


3.4 


River. 
Canals. 




do ___. 

do 


3.3 




Mar. 12 
Do-__ 


410.1 
18.0 


River. 
Canals. 




Total 










428.1 






J. B. Lippincott 

-do 


2.6 




Apr. 29 
Do_.. 


162. 30 

71.27 


River. 




Total 








233. 57 






J. B. Lippincott 

do 


2.08 




May 24 
Do___ 


76.00 
67.90 


River. 
Canals 




Total 








143. 90 






A. Q. Campbell 






June 30 


0.00 
55.68 

0.00 
53.94 

0.00 
31.37 

0.00 
24.25 

0.00 
19.28 


River 


Do.__ 


do __ _ 




Canals. 


July 5 


do . 




River. 


Do... 


do 




Canals. 


Aug. 7 


do 




River. 


Do.-_ 


do 


2.33 




Sept. 1 


_do 


River. 


Do 


do 


2.2 


Canals 


Sept. 29 


do ..... . 


River. 


Do_-_ 


do 


2.1 


Canals 




do 




Nov. 13 


7.56 
24.16 


River. 


Do-._ 


do 




Canals. 




Total 








31.72 













228 CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no. 81. 

Discharge 7neasurements of San Gabriel River, etc. — Continued, 



Eydrograpiier. 



Gage 
height. 



Dis- 
charge. 



Remarks. 



1897. 
Nov. 27 
Do_.- 



Nov. 28 

1898. 
Jan. 12 
Do__. 



Mar. 8 
Do-.. 



Apr. 2 
Do_. 



May 10 

Do _ _ . 



May 17 
Do_.- 



July 1 
Do_. 



July 21 
Do_-. 



Aug. 16 

Do._- 
Do--. 
Do.. 
Do... 
Do... 
Aug. 21 



J. B. Lippincott . 
do 



Total 

J. B. Lippincott . 



-do .- 
.do .. 



Total . 

H. F. Crowe 
do 



Total river 

J. B. Lippincott . 
do 



Total river 

J. B. Lippincott . 
do 



_do 
-do 



Total 



F. H. Olmsted. 
do 



Total river . 

J. B. Lippincott _ . 
do 



.do 



_-.do . 
...do 
...do . 
_._do . 
__.do . 
...do . 



1.36 



1.03 



Sec-feet. 

3.50 

32.89 



36.39 


42 


11 


23 


29 


25 


00 


48 


29 


12 


3 


36.9 


49 


2 


11 


30 


29.92 


41 


22 







23.34 



15.40 
44.61 

60.01 



3.59 

11.78 



15.37 




13.21 



6.20 

5.78 
5.60 
5.60 

5.78 
5.78 



River. 
Canals. 



At San Gabriel Power Com- 
pany's intake; total flow. 

River. 
Canals. 



Duarte canal. 
Azusa canal. 



Duarte canal. 
Azusa canal. 



River. 
Canals. 

River. 
Canals. 



Duarte canal. 

Azusa canal at Slaughter- 
house tunnel. 



River. 

San Gabriel Power Com- 
pany's canal headworks. 

Power Co.'s headworks; 3 
p. m. 

Canals; 3 p.m. 

Canals; 4 p.m. 

Canals; 5 p.m. 

Canals; 6 p.m. 

Canals; 7 p.m. 

Canals; 8 p.m. 



r.TPPTNCOTT.l SAK GABRIEL RIVEE. 229 

Discharge measurements of San Gabriel River, etc. — Continued. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Gage 
height. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Remarks. 


1898. 
Aug. 22 
Do._- 


J. B. Lippincott 

do 


Feet. 


Sec-feet. 
0.00 
6.20 


8.48 


River; 8 p.m. 
Canals; 8 p.m. 
River: 10 a. m 


Aug. 23 
Do_.. 


. _do . . 




do 




Daily maximum; 10 a. m. 




do 

do 


1.16 


1899. 
Jan. 11 
Do_ 


15.9 
5.0 

28.3 


River. 
Waste. 


Do___ 


do 




Canals. 




Total 








49.2 






H. F. Parkinson 

do 

S. G. Bennett-. 






Jan. 16 

to 19. 

Aug. 26 

1900. 
Nov. 21 


18.00 
5. 5 




River and canals. 
Canals; no water in river. 

River; 11 a. m. 




do 






Do.._ 


20.15 
26.13 


Waste 


Do___ 


.do _ 




Canal. 




Total 






46.28 






S. G. Bennett 

do 


6.16 




1901. 

Jan. 7 

Do. 


2,709.0 



River (calculated). 
Canals. 




do 

do 


-2.30 


Feb. 4 
Do__. 


112.0 
65.0 


River. 
Canals. 




Total 






177.0 






S.G.Bennett 

do 


7.6 




Feb. 5 
Do 


6,253.0 



River (calculated). 
Canals. 




do 

.do 


4.1 




Feb. 22 
Do__. 


700.4 
65.0 


River. 
Canals. 




Total 








765.4 






S.G.Bennett 

do 


3.00 




Mar. 5 
Do... 


248.0 
65.0 


River. 
Canals. 




Total 








313.0 













230 CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no. 81. 

Discharge measurements of San Gabriel Ri\^er, etc. — Continued. 



Da^e. 


Hydrographer. 


Gage 
height. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Remarks. 


1901. 
Mar. 29 


S. G. Bennett 


Feet. 
2.25 


Sec-feet. 
96.5 
33.0 


River. 


Do 


do 


Canal. 




Total 








129. 5 






S.Gr. Bennett 






July 11 
Do 



31.6 


River. 


_do 




Canal. 




W.B.Clapp. ,_. _ 






1902. 
Jan. 25 



50.94 


River. 


Do... 


do 




Canals. 




J. B. Lippincott 

do 


2.05 




Feb. 26 
Do 


126.19 
64.00 


River. 
Canal. 




Total 








190.19 






J.Ahern 

do 


1.57 




Mar. 6 
Do_ 


46.2 
62.0 


River. 
Canals. 




Total 








108.2 






S.G.Bennett 

do 


1.4 




Apr. 8 
Do_-. 


26.0 
44.6 


River. 
Canals. 




Total 








70.6 






S. G. Bennett 






June 12 




25.7 

5.0 


River. 


Do. 


do 




Canals. 


Sept. 1 


W. B. Clapp 




Total flow. 











Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 

Sec. -feet. 
3.99 

.22 
.30 


Locality. 


June 17,1896 
Aug. 24,1898 

Do 


J. B. Lippincott 

do 

do 


Azusa Irrigators Development 
Tunnel. 

Same place; river being diverted 
through power company's 
conduit. 

Irrigators Development Tunnel, 
pumped; additional. 







LiPPiNCOTT.] SAN GABRIEL RIVER. 231 

Discharge measurements of San Gabriel River, Azusa, Los Angeles County. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Locality. 


June 17,1896 
Do 

Apr. 29,1897 

Do 

Do 

Do 

May 24,1897 


J. B. Lippincott 

do - 


Sec-feet. 

1.54 
2.11 
2.23 
2.11 
2.13 

1.07 

1.88 


Mouth of Vineland tunnel. 
Same; pump running. 
Mouth of Vineland tunnel. 
Same; shaft No. 2. 
Same: at head of flume, between 


do . 

do 

do _ . - 


do 

do 


shafts Nos. 3 and 4. 

Same; right fork, above shaft 
No. 4. 

Mouth of Vineland Tunnel. 



Discharge measKrements of San Gabriel River at intake of San Gabriel Power 
Company. Los Angeles County. 

[Measurements by Edison Electric Company. The flow was uiiusually small in September, 1898, 
and these measurements were made to determine this minimum and its hourly fluctuation.] 



September 15, 1898 

7 a. m 

7.30 a. m 

8 a. m 

8.30 a. m 

9 a. m 

9.30 a. m 

10 a. m 

10.30 a. m 

11 a. m 

11.30 a. m 

12 m 

12. 30 p. m 

1 p. m 

1.30 p. m 

2p.m 

2.30 p.m 

3 p. m 

3.30 p.m 

4 p. m 

4.30 p.m 

5 p. m 

5.30 p.m 



Dis- 
charge. 



Sec-feet. 

8.16 
8.28 
8.40 
8.50 
8.72 
8.84 
a. 84 
8.84 
8.84 
8.72 
8.62 
8.40 
8.28 
8.06 
7.84 
7.62 
7.50 
7.40 
7.18 
7.04 
6.94 
6.94 



Dis- 
charge. 



September 15, 1898— Cont'd. 

6 p. m 

6.30 p.m 

12-hour mean 

September 15. 1898: 

7 p. m 

7.30 p.m __; 

8 p. m 

8.30 p.m 

9 p. m 

9.30 p.m 

lOp.m 

10.30 p.m 

11 p. m 

11.30 p.m 

12 midnight 

September 16, 1898: 

12.30 a.m 

1 a. m __. 

1.30 a. m 

2 a. m 

2.30 a. m 



j Sec-feet. 

\ 6.94 
6.94. 

7.99 

6.94 
6.94 



7.04 
7.04 
7.04 
7.04 
7.04 
7.04 
7.04 

7.04 
7.04 

7.18 
7.18 

7.28 



232 CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no.81. 

Diiicharge measnreinents of San Gabriel River, etc. — Continued. 



Dats. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Date 


Dis- 
charge. 


September 16, 1898— Cont'd. 


Sec. -feet. 


September 16. 1898— Cont'd. 


Sec-feet. 


3 a. m . 


7.40 


5.30 p. m 

6 p. ni 


6.82 


3.30 a. m 


7. 50 


6.82 


4 a. m 


7.62 

7.72 


6.30 p. m 

12-lionr mean 


6.82 






4.30 a. m 






8.02 




7.84 
7.96 


September 16, 1898: 








5.30 a. Ill 




a. m 


8.06 


7 p. m 


6.72 


6.30 a. m 


8.06 


7.30 p. m , 


6.60 






8 p. m 


6.60 






12-lionr mean 


7.29 


8.30 p. m 

9 p. m 






6.60 


September 16, 3898: 




6.60 


7 a. m 


8.28 


9.30 p. m 


6.60 


7.30 a. m 


8.40 


10 p. m , 


6.50 


8 a. m 


8.28 


10.30 p. m 


6.50 


8.30 a. m 


8.50 


11 p. m 


6.60 


9 a. m 


8.72 


11.30 p. m 


6.60 


9.30 a. m 


8.94 


12 midnight 


6.72 


10 a. m 


9.06 
9.06 


September 17, 1898: 

12.30 a. m 




10.30 a. m 


6.82 


11 a. in_ 


8.94 


1 a. m 


6.82 


11.30 a. m 


8.84 


1.30 a. m 


6.82 


12 m 


8.72 


2 a. m 


6.94 


12.30 p. m 


8.50 


2.30 a. m 


7.04 


1 p. m 


8.28 


3 a. m ._.__. 


7.04 


1.3Dp. m 


8.06 


3.30 a. m 


7.04 


2 p. m 


7.84 


4 a. m 


7.00 


2.30 p. m . 


7.62 


4.30 a. m _ 


6.92 


3 p. m 


7.50 


5 a. m : . . 


7.40 


3.30 p. m 


7.40 


5.30 a. m 


7.50 


4p. m 


7.18 


6 a. m-_ 


7.62 


4.30 p. m :. 


7.04 
6.94 


6.30 a. m 

12-hour mean 


7.72 


5 p. m 


6.89 



LTPPINOOTT.] 



BAN GABKIEL RIVEK. 



238 



The following table is prepared from iiieasuroinents made three 
times daily for the San Gabriel Electric Company, and filed in a suit 
before the United States land office at Los Angeles, Cal. The mean 
of the three daily measurements is here given. 

Estimated daily discharge, in second-feet, of San Gabriel River over weir on West 
Branch of North Fork, at Sycamore Flat, for 1900. 

[Observer, San Gabriel Power Company.] 



Day. 


July. 


August. 


September. 


October. 


1 




0.23 
.23 
.23 
.26 
.17 
.23 
.23 
.22 
.12 
.12 
.19 
.19 
.19 
.19 
.15 
.26 
.23 
.23 
.23 
.22 
.22 
.22 
.22 
.22 
.22 
.23 
.18 
.18 
.25 
.20 


0.19 
, .19 
.17 
.22 
.12 
.12 
.22 
.18 
.20 
.22 
.22 
.22 
.22 
.18 
.18 
.12 
.12 
.25 
.15 
.12 
.15 
.12 
.15 
. 22 
.27 
.26 
.26 
.22 
.20 
.17 


0.20 


2 

3 

4 


0.28 
.27 
.27 
.26 
.28 
.24 
.23 
.25 
.23 
.25 
.25- 
.22 
.27 
.27 
.31 
.31 
.27 
.31 
.39 
.39 
.24 
.26 
.26 
.28 
.37 
.37 
.26 
.23 
.23 
.23 


.12 

.18 
.18 


5 


23 


6.. _ . 


.23 


7 


.19 


8 

9 


.19 
19 


10 

11 ._ _.. 


.19 
.19 


12 

13 

14 

15 . ... 


.19 

.22 


16 __ 




17 -. 




18 




19 




20 . - 




21 




22 .... 

23 




24 




25 




26 




27. - . 




28 




29 ... 




30 . ...... 




31 












Total 


.28 


.21 


.19 


.19 



234 



CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



Estimated daily discharge, in second-feet, of San Gabriel River over iveir on North 
Branch of North Fork, at Sycamore Flat, for 1900. 

[Observer, San Q-abriel Power Company.] 



Day. July 




August. 


September. 


October. 


1 




0.89 
.89 
.89 
.95 
.95 
.74 
.74 
.74 
.77 
.77 
.74 
.74 
.77 
.68 
.74 
.62 
.65 
.65 
.62 
.60 
.60 


0.62 
.62 
.62 
.62 
.60 
.65 
.61 
.61 
.83 
.61 
.61 
.63 
.61 
.63 
.63 
.59 
.59 
.59 
.59 
.59 
.53 
.53 
.53 
.81 
.68 
.65 
.65 
.68 
.68 
.68 


0.65 


2 

3 


92 
92 

92 
89 
89 
89 
82 
80 
70 
81 
83 
.86 
.95 
97 
97 
97 
97 
97 
97 
97 
96 
07 
95 
95 
96 
68 
68 
89 
86 
68 


.72 
.68 


4_ 

5 

6 


.68 
.68 
.68 


7 


.56 


8 . . _. 


.56 


9 


.56 


10 

11 

12 --- 


.57 
.59 
59 


13 - 


.59 


14 




15 ... 




16 




17 




18 




19 

20 




21 - -.- 




22 




23 1 


.55 
.52 
.52 
.56 

.57 
.57 1 
.57 
.74 




24 




25 - - _- 




26 




27 

28._.__ 




29 




30 




31 - 












Total ... 


89 


.70 


.63 


.62 







LIPPINCOTT.] 



SAN GABRIEL RIVER. 



235 



Estimated daily discharge, in second- feet, of San Gabriel River over weir on West 
Fork above mouth of North Fork for 1900. 

[Observer, San Gabriel Power Company.] 



Day. 


July. 


August. 


September. 


October. 


1 

2 
3 


0.55 
.62 
.68 
.62 
.53 
.55 
.55 
.55 
.44 
.34 
.29 
.26 
.24 
.20 
.13 
.12 
.16 
.16 
.12 
.12 
.07 
.12 


0.05 
.02 


0.12 
.12 
.12 
.12 
.08 
.11 
.16 
.12 
.12 
.16 
.16 
.12 
.12 
.16 
.16 
.16 
.16 
.11 
.12 
.12 
.16 
.16 


0.16 
.16 
.16 


4 _- 




.16 


5 


.15 


6 




.20 




.20 


8 _ -- 




.16 


9_ 


.16 


10 




.13 


11 


.08 

.07 

.08 

.08 

.12 

.10 

.12 

.10 

.12 

.12 

.10 

.07. 

.08 

.08 


.20 


12 


.20 


13 ., __ 


.20 


14 

15 




16-- 

17 : ' 

18. __- 




19 

20 




21 




22-- 




23 . 




24 - 






25 


.08 


.12 
.20 
.16 
.16 
.13 
.14 




26 




27--- 




.08 
.08 
.10 
.12 
.10 




28 


.05 
.08 
.05 
.05 




29 - . 

30 




31 








Total 


.29 


.09 


.14 


.17 







236 



CALIFORNIA HYDEOGRAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



Estimated daily discharge, in second-feet, of San Gabriel River over weir on Cold- 
water Creek, S\ miles above mouth, for 1900. 

[Observer, San G-abriel Power Company.] 



Day. 


July. 


August. 


September. 


October. 


1 




0.43 


0.52 
.58 
.62 
. 57 
.55 
.56 
.51 
.51 
.56 
.50 
. 55 
.53 




2 




0.60 


3 




.49 
.46 
.54 
, 53 
.50 
.50 
. 53 
. 53 

.51 
.43 
.47 
.43 
.45 
.47 
.47 
. 52 
.55 
.56 
.51 
.49 
.45 
.44 
.45 
.43 
.42 
.41 
.40 
.56 


.62 


4 




.61 


5 . _ _ . 




.63 


6 




.61 


7 




.58 


8 




.58 


9._ ... _ 




.58 


10 

11 




.55 
.60 


12 




.60 


13 




.64 


14.... .. . 






15 








16 




-- 




17 








18. 








19 ... 






20 








21 








22 






23 








24.. ... 








25 _ . 








26 








27 


0.37 
.49 
.50 

.47 
.46 






28 




29.... . 






30 






31 












Total 


.46 


.48 


.55 


.60 







LIPPINCOTT.] 



SAN GABRIEL RIV^EE. 



237 



Estimated daily discharge, in second-feet, of San Gabriel River over weir 100 yards 
above Fish Fork, for 1900. 

[Observer, San Gabriel Power Company.] 



Day. 


July. 


August. 


September. 


October. 


1 


2.24 
2.48 
2.48 
2.42 
2.33 
2.27 
2.06 
2. 12 
2.09 
2.15 
2.09 
2.15 
2.15 
2.03 
2.03 
2.12 
2.00 
2.00 
1.97 
1.97 
2.00 
2.00 
2.00 
1.97 
2.18 
2.00 
2.00 
1.95 
1.77 
1.77 






1.67 


2 






1.67 


3 


1.72 




1.71 


4 • 




80 
80 
80 
80 
80 
80 
80 
80 
97 
92 
85 
80 
68 
76 
68 
68 
64 
68 
68 
68 
68 
76 
68 
60 
60 
68 
68 
97 




1.84 


5 




1.84 


6 


1.80 


7 




1.72 


8 




1.67 


9 


1 84 


1.71 


10 

11 _ 




80 
72 
76 
72 
76 
76 
80 
71 
72 
72 
68 
59 
63 
79 
89 
84. 
84 
67 
63 
67 
79 


1.71 
1.75 


12 - 


T.76 


13 

14 


1.89 


15 




16 




17 . 




18 . -- - .-- 




19 . - 




20 - . 




21 




22 




23 




24_ ___. .__ __ .- 




25 . . ..: 




26 ... 

27 




28 




29... . ... 




30 




31 














Total-... ... 


2.09 




75 


1.74 


1.75 















238 



CALIFOENIA HYDROGEAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



Estimated daily discharge, in second-feet, of San Gabriel River over weir on Fish 
Fork, 100 yards from mouth, for 1900. 

[Observer, San Gabriel Power Company.] 



Day. 


July. 


August. 


September. 


October. 


1 


1.42 

1.66 

1.68 

1.66 

1.28 

1.25 

1.16 

1.18 

1.08 

.98 

.96 

.98 

.98 

1.04 

1.02 

' 1.25 

.93 

1.00 

1.00 

1.00 

1.12 

1.12 

1.13 

1.06 

1.02 

.90 

.90 

.90 

.87 

.87 






0.95 


2 






.90 


3-_. _- _ _ - _ .- 


0.99 

.96 

1.02 

1.06 

1.06 

.92 

.95 

1.02 

.99 

1.11 

1.11 

1.02 

.99 

.90 

.90 

.84 

.84 

.95 

.89 

.90 

.90 

.90 

.92 

.92 

.92 

.92 

.99 

.95 

1.08 




.95 


4 

5 

6 




.96 
.93 
.93 


7 




93 


8 




.93 


9 

10 

11 

12 

13 


1.52 

.92 

.96 

1.13 

1.10 

.99 

1.08 

.94 

.93 

.89 

.86 

.84 

.84 

.80 

.98 

1.02 

1.01 

.98 

.78 

.80 

.81 

.84 


.90 
.89 
.95 
.95 
1.01 


14 




15 




16 




17 .. 




18 




19 




20 




21_ 




22 _ _ 




23 




24 




25 

26 . 




27 




28 




29 .. 




30 

31 












Total 


1.11 


.96 


.96 


.94 



LIPPINCOTT.] 



SAN GABRIEL RIVER. 



239 



Estimated daily discharge, in second-feet, of San Gabriel River over weir on Iron 
Fork, 100 yards from mouth, for 1900. 

[Observer, San Gabriel Power Company.] 



Day. 


July. 


August. 


September. 


October. 


1 


1.97 
1.97 
2.03 
2.09 
1.89 
1.91 
1.83 
1.66 
1.55 
1.58 
1.50 
1.39 
1.42 
1.42 
1.44 
1.42 
1.42 
1.37 
1.37 
1.42 
1.31 
1.34 
1.37 
1.24 
1.29 
1.24 
1.26 
1.21 
1.09 
1.14 
1.24 






1.05 


2 


0.87 
1.05 
1.09 
1.16 
1.16 
.62 
1.16 
1.12 
1.16 
1.24 
1.06 
1.09 
1.20 
1.24 
1.12 
1.12 
1.09 
1.09 
1.16 
1.12 
1.12 
1.02 
1.02 
.95 
.95 
.95 
1.02 
1.09 
1.09 
1.12 




1.08 


3 - - . 




1.05 


4 


1 12 


5 




1.20 


6 


1.12 


7 


1.09 


8.-- ... 




1.16 


9 


1.09 
1.12 
1.12 
1.09 
1.09 
1.12 
1.16 
1.09 
1.16 
1.09 
1.09 
1.05 
.91 
.87 
1.12 
1.27 
1.20 
1.20 
1.05 
1.01 
1.01 
1.16 


1 12 


10 

11 

12 


1.09 
1.20 
1.20 


13 _. 


1.23 


14 _. _. 


1.31 


15 




16 




17 




18 




19 




20 . . 




21. 




22 

23 




24 




25 




26 . 




27 




28 




29 




30 




31 










Total _ 


1.50 


1.07 


1.09 


1 14 







240 CALIFORNIA HYDROGEAPHY. [no. 81. 

Discharge measurements of San Gabriel River at point above Iron Fork. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


November, 1896 _ _ 


F.C.Finkle _ 


Sec-feet. 


December. 1896 


do 


7 4 


January, 1897 


,do 


28.4 


February, 1897 

March, 1897 


do ___.. 


42.0 


do ... 


52. 1 


April, 1897 


do 


27 9 


May, 1897 


do 


24.7 


June, 1897 


do ,... ... 


25.4 


July, 1897 


do . 


17.8 


August, 1897 - - 


do 


16.4 


September 1897 


do 


16.5 


April, 1900 


J. B. Lippincott et al. . 


5.76 









Discharge measar-emejits of Iron Fork of San Gabriel River at mouth. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


November, 1896 


F.C.Finkle ... ... 


Sec-feet. 
* 5.6 


December, 1896 


do . 


8.0 


January, 1897 


do 


10.1 


February, 1897. 


do 


18.3 


March, 1897 


.. .do ... „. 


18.9 


April, 1897 


do ...._ 


10.2 


May 1897 . 


do 


8.9 


June 1897 


-do 




July 1897 


. ..do ... 


8.6 


August, 1897 - 


do 


3.9 
4.1 
1.69 


September 1897 


do 


April, 1900 . 


J. B.. Lippincott et al . . 





LippiNcoTT.] SAN GABEIEL RIVER. 241 

Discharge measurements of North Fork of San Gabriel River. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


November, 1896 

December, 1896 


F. C. Finkle 

. _.do _ 


Sec-feet. 
3.7 
3.6 


January, 1897 


do 


10.8 


February, 1897 


do 


17.0 


March, 1897 


_do 


19.4 


April, 1897 


_do __ . . 


13.8 


May, 1897 _ 


do 


11.2 


June, 1897 


do 


7.1 


July, 1897 


.do 


5.9 


August, 1897 


. ._do __-. 


4.1 


September, 1837 


do _ _ _ 


3.9 


April, 1900 


J. B. Lippincott et al 


1.43 









Discharge rtieasurements of Coldvater Creek, San Gabriel River, Los Angeles 

County, Cal. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


November, 1896 


F.C.Fincle 


Sec-feet. 

4.1 


December, 1896 


-do 


4.2 


January, 1897 


. do . 


11.3 


February, 1897 


do _ ._ 


19.1 


March, 1897 


do 


17.8 


April, 1897 


do 


11.3 


May, 1897 


do 


9.8 


June, 1897 


-do 


8.3 


July, 1897 . _ _ - 


do . -. 


6.5 


August, 1897 


do ..-.: 


5.1 


September, 1897 


do 


5.0 


April, 1900 .... 


J. B, Lippincott et al 


1.46 



IRR 81 — 03- 



-16 



242 



CALIFORISIA HYDROGRAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



Discharge mcasnrcmenta of Bear Creek. S::iii Gibriel River. Lou Aitaeleti Coirnti/, 

Col. 



Date. 


Eycrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


November, 1896 


F.C.Fincle 


Sec-feet. 

3.3 


December, 1896 


do 


3 4 


January, 1897 


_do 


9.1 


February, 1897 _.. 


do _ 


24.7 


March, 1897 


do 


33 9 


April, 1897 


do 


17 3 


May, 1897 . -. . 


_do __ 


14.1 









Discharge measurements of Bear Creek, San Gabriel River, at point near mouth, 
Los Angeles County, Cal. 



June, 1897 

July, 1897 

August, 1897 

September, 1897 . 



Hydrographer. 



Dis- 
charge. 



F. C. Fincle . 

do 

do 

do 



April, 1900 _ j J. B. Lippincott et al _ 



■c.-feet. 

6.3 
6.2 
4.4 
4.5 
2.43 



Discharge measurement of West Fork of San Gabriel River above Bear Creek, 
Los Angeles County, Cal. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. ^ ^iV^ 


April, 1900 


J. B. Lippincott et al 


Sec-feet. 
1.80 







Discharge measurement of West Fork of San Gabriel above junctio7i tvith East 
Fork, or Main River, Los Angeles County, Cal. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


August 33, 1898 


J. B. Lippincott 


Sec-feel. 
3.67 







LIPPJNCOTT.] 



SAN GABEIEL KIVEE. 



243 



Discharge imasiirement of East Fork of San Gabriel above junction a-ith West 
Fork, Los Angeles County, Cat. 



Date. 


Hydrosrrapher. 


Dis- 
charge. 


August 23, 1898 _ ^ - 


J. B. Lippincott J. . 


See. -feet. 

7.11 







Discharge measurement of San Gabriel River at junction of East and West forks. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


.August 23, 1898 

Do 


J. B. Lippincott 

do 


Sec.-feet. 
9.78 

« 8. 42 


Loss 


1.36 









n San Gabriel River at lieadworks of San Gabriel Power Company. 

Discharge measurement of Cattle Canyon above Coldwater, San Gabriel River, 
Los Angeles County, Cal. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


April, 1900 


J. B. Lippincott et al 


Sec. -feet. 

0.32 



Discharge lucasio-eiiicnts of San Gabriel River at various joints in icatershed 
below El Monte Narrotvs. 



Hydrographer. 



Dis- 
charge. 



Locality. 



July 3, 1898 

Do._ 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do_:.- .. 



F.H. Olmsted. 



.do 
.do 
_do . 
_do . 
-do . 



Do_ 



-do 



Sec.-feet. 
2.52 

9.06 

8.79 
6.18 
3.36 

1. 22 

29.79 



Whittier ditch. El Monte road cross- 
ing. 

Temple ditch, left of Narrows flume. 

Baldwin ranch house road. 

Original river channel. 

Campers station. 

Puente ditch: 50 per cent of usual 
head in ditch. 

Old mission bridge (Rio Hondo). 



Total ! 60.92 



244 CALIFORNIA HYDEOGRAPHY. [no.81. 

Discharge measurements of San Gabriel River at various points in watershed. 



Date. 


189" 




Dec. 


5 


190( 


). 


Aug. 


7 


Aug. 


7 


Aug. 


7 


Aug. 


7 


Aug. 


7 


Aug. 


7 


Aug. 


7 


Aug. 


7 


Aug. 


8 


Aug. 


8 


Aug. 


8 


Aug. 


8 


Aug. 


8 


Sept. 


17 


Sept. 


17 


Sept. 


18 


Sept. 


19 


Sept. 


19 


Sept. 


20 


Sept. 


20 



Hydrographer. 



5 J. B. Lippincott _ - 



S. G. Bennett . 



_do . 

-do 

-do 
_do 
_do 
_do 
.do 



_do 
_do 



-do 
_do 



W. W. Cockins _ 

do 

do 



.do 

.do 
-do 
-do . 



Locality. 



San Gabriel River, Los 
Angeles and Whittier 
road bridge. 

East Whittier ditch at 
El Monte road cross- 
ing. 

Killion's pumping 
plant, 4 wells near 
El Monte. 

Cameron or Sheep 
Creek ditch. 

Rincon ditch 



Old Temple ditch 

Cate ditch, near head- 
Standif er ditch 



Banta ditch 

Total, San Gabriel 
River at intake of 
Standifer and Banta 
ditches. 

Rodriguez ditch, near 
Old Mission. 

Rio Honda or Old San 
Gabriel, under Mis- 
sion bridge. 

Arroyo ditch 

Little Lake 



« Agricultural ditch _ . . 

Bradbury ranch, Santa 
Anita, and Rose ave- 
nues. 

San Gabriel Sanitari- 
um tunnel. 

W. A. Highland, Ross 
avenue, Lamanda 
Park. 

Chapman ranch, 2 
wells pumped; 1 ar- 
tesian well. 

Chapman ranch, 4 
wells pumped. 

Chapman ranch, natu- 
ral flow of cienaga. 

Chapman ranch dairy . 



Chapman ranch, total. 

f San Gabriel River dry below this point. 



A rea of 
section. 



Sq. feet. 



4.08 

5.76 

9.62 

1.99 
1. 22 
9.47 
9.34 
11.45 



Mean 
velocity. 



Ft. per sec. 



1.4 
1.774 

.25 

1.24 

.98 

.02 

1.557 

1.349 



1.67 

.74 

1.83 
.37 



Dis- 
charge. 



Sec. -feet. 
106 



.52 ; 1.38 



1.90 

.07 

.72 



3.70 



LippiNCOTT.] SAIS^ GABRIEL ElVER. 245 

Discharge measurements of San Gabriel River, etc. — Continued, 



Hydrographer. 



W. W. CocMns . 
do 



_do . 
_do . 
_do . 
.do . 



-do . 



_do . 

_do . 
_do 

-do . 

_do . 
-do . 

.do 
-do . 

-do . 
.do 



_do . 
-do . 



Locality. 



Alhambra Water Co., 
weir No. 1. 

Alhambra Water Co., 
weir No. 2. 

Total 



Area of 
section. 



Sq. feet. 



Ft.persec. 



Santa Anita Canyon, 
natural flow. 

Sierra Madre Water 
Co. (weir). 

Remamettes east of 
Sierra Madre. 

Monrovia Water Co., 
8 wells pumped. 

Monrovia Canyon, to 
Monrovia Water Co. 

(weirs). 

To Bradbury 



Total - 



0.12 



Duarte Mutual Im- 
provement and Ca- 
nal Co. 

Beardsley Water Co _ _ - 

M o r e n g o Water Co. 
Southern Pacific 
Co. 's.Grarfield station 

(weir). 

Morengo Water Co.'s 
weir in Morengo 
Canyon (weir). 

Los Robles Water Co. 's 
reservoir (weir). 

Reservoir at junction 
of Glenarm and Los 
Robles avenues, Pas- 
adena (weir). 

Graves & Bean tunnel. 

Brick kiln between 
Molino and Hope 
streets, Pasadena. 

Oak Knoll Park, Pasa- 
dena. 

Patton tunnel, near 
Kewen Lake. 

Patton 's east canyon -. 

Patton 's east canyon, 
natural flow; pump 
not running. 



2.06 



.096 

.047 

.87 
.36 



Mean 
velocity. 



0.75 



5.34 



3.53 

3.80 



1.70 
1.03 



Sec-feet. 
2.58 



246 CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. 

Discharge measurements of San Gabriel River, etc. — Continued. 



" [no. 81. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Locality. 


Area of 
section. 


Mean 
velocity. 


Dis- 
charge. 


1900. 

Sept. 17. 

Sept. 14 
Sept. 14 
Sept. 15 

Sept. 15 

Sept. 15 
Sept. 15 

Sept. 15 


W.W.Cockins .... 

do 

do 

do 

do __.-. 

do 

do 

do ..__ -_.- 

do 

Irwin F. Daniels .. 
do 


Mission ditch, Fatten 
ranch. 

Winston ranch 

Shorbes ranch (weir) 


S(2. feet. 


Ft. per sec. 


Sec-feet. 
0.20 


0.60 


0.93 


.50 

.18 


Yoakham's ranch 

(weir). 

Robert LiddehSan Pas- 
qual and Shorb(weir) . 

R. W. Scoville (weir) 






.12 






.10 




■ 

.07 


Mrs. Black, San Pas- 
qual and Craig streets 
(weir). 

M r n i n g s i d e ranch 

(weir). 

Glendora, Aznsa irri- 
gation Co. : 

Massey well 


"'i 


.07 
.04 


Sept. 27 






1.50 




Paine well . _ . . _ . 






.90 




Total 










2.40 


Sept. 27 

Sept. 27 
Sept. 27 

Sept. 27 
Sept. 27 
Sept. 27 

Sept. 27 
Sept. 27 
Sept. 27 

Sept. 27 
Sept. 27 
Sept. 27' 

Sept. 27 

Sept. 27 

Sept. 27 


Wells in San Diemas 
wash: 

Daty & Sons 






1.80 


do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do .... 

. ...do 

do 

do 

J. ...do . 

...._do . 

.i.J.do 

do 


San Diemas Irriga- 
tion Co., F. D. 
Smith well _ . _ 






1.20 


Thacker well 






.80 


Smith well (pri- 
vate). 

Chapman well 






.30 






.70 


Rnddock well _ ... 






.50 


Artesian Belt Co. , 
2 wells. 

Azusa city well _ 






1.60 






.?0 


Walker's well 






.90 


Citizens' Water Co. 
■ (Covina). 

Covina plant, Dea- 
con well. 

Natural flow, San 
Diemas Canyon. 

Spark's well 






.10 






.44 






.04 






.40 


Total 










11.38 













I.TPPINCOTT.] SAN GABRIEL RIVER. 247 

Discharge measurements of San Gabriel River at irells on Lordsbnrg Mesa. 



Date. 



Sept. 27 

Sept. 27 

Sept. 27 

Sept. 27 

Sept. 27 
Sept. 27 
Sept. 27 
Sept. 27 
Sept. 27 
Sept. 27 
Sept. 27 
Sept. 27 
Sept. 27 
Sept. 27 

Sept. 27 

Sept. 27 

Sept. 27 

Sept. 27 

Sept. 27 

Sept. 27 

Sept. .27 

Sept. 27 

Sept. 27 

Sept. 27 



Hydrographer. 



Irwin F. Daniels. 
do 



_do 
.do 

_do 
_do 
-do 
.do . 



Locality. 



Area cf Mean Dis- 

section, velocity, charge. 



Richards, 4 wells . 

Sumner 

Sheldon Bros 

La Verne Land 
Water Co. 

Rodgers 

True (5 days in 30) 

Rodney Soper 

Hayes & Stratton . . 



and 



Sq.feef. Ft.pr.sec. Sec-feet. 

\ I 1.52 

..:.....' : .48 

I .30 

' .70 



do Wallace. 

_ do . ..\ Mullard _ 

-do 

_do 

-do . 

-do 



Douglas c: CcQuilly. 

Norris .... 

Williams Trc s- 



Kulp ( intermit tent ) . 
south of Mesa avenue. 

-do D. Fulton 

-do Steves 

.do j Daniels & Overholtzer. 

- do ... Massey, 2 wells 

.do ... Hauser Bros 

.do I Moorwaw & Son 

.do Sleider 

.do 

.do .. 

.do 



Rutherford & Co 

New Deal Water Co . 
Kiser 



Total. 



.10 
.16 
.24 
.20 
.16 
.30 
.76 
.30 
.80 
.20 

.50 
.20 
1.34 
.54 
.76 
.50 
.88 
.40 
.40 
.90 

12.64 



248 



CALIFORNIA HYDROGEAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



Estimated monthly discharge of San Gabriel River at Azusa, Los Angeles County. 
[Drainage area, 222 square miles.] 



Discharge. 



Maximum. Minimum. Mean. 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Per 
square 
mile. 



. 1894. 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 1 to 15. 

1895. 

August 8 to 31 

Septem.ber - . 

October 

November 

December 



1896. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 



The year - 



Sec. -feet. 
50 
27 
17 
27 
23 
16 
14 

47 
39 
32 
50 
45 



25 

28 

134 

46 











177 

16 

12 



177 



Sec-feet. 

27 
17 
9 
10 
13 
13 
13 

38 
29 
27 
29 
37 



Sec-feet. 
32 
23 
12 
14 
15 
14 
13 







re-feet. 

1,968 
1,369 

738 
861 
893 
861 

387 

1,999 
1,904 

1,783 
2,380 
2,582 



Sec-feet. 

0.14 
.10 
.05 
.06 
.07 
.06 



.19 

.14 
.13 
.18 
.19 



4,612 

655 











738 

179 

123 



7,673 



0.05 

.05 

.34 

.05 











.05 

.01 

.01 



.05 



Note.— During the summer m.onths all this water is diverted by the canals. For 1894 and 1895 
the above table is for the total discharge from the drainage basin. Subsequent to 1895 the table 
shows the separate flow in river and canals, except where combined and so stated. 



LiPPiNCOTT.] SAN GABRIEL RIVER. 249 

Estimated montlilij discharge of San Gabriel River at Azusa, etc. — Continued. 



Discharge. 



Minimum. Mean, 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Per 
square 
mile. 



1897. 

January - 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October . _ 

November 

December 

The year 

1898. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May . _ _ 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 

The year 



Sec-feet. 

130 

1,710 

1,765 

345 

141 

28 







1,600 

15 

5 



1,765 



Sec-feet. 
5 
46 
275 
141 
28 
.2 




.4 
3.0 



Sec-feet. 

40 
332 

448 

259 

82 

5 







72 



Acre-feet. 

2,484 

18, 420 

27, 572 

15,417 

5,042 

274 







4, 458 

475 

221 



Sec-feet. 

0.181 

1.494 

2.020 

1.166 

.369 

.021 







.322 

.036 

.016 







104 



74, 302 



.469 



14 

11 

0.03 

4.5 










622 

2 

277 










63 



2.5 



1,764 



0.06 
.05 


.02 










.01 



250 CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no.81. 

Estimated monthly discharge of San Gabriel River at Azusa, etc. — Continued. 



Discharge. 



1899. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December _ . . _ _ 

The year 

1900. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August - : 

September 

October 

November 

Decem ber 

The year 



Sec-feet. 

16 









13 





16 



49 




38 





5,168 


5,168 



Sec-feet. 
1.2 









.42 





.13 



Total dis- 
chai'ge. 



Acre-feet. 

74 









26 





100 



123 




123 





io,2;r) 


10 481 



Per 

square 
mile. 



Sec. -feet. 
0. 005 








0. 002 





.007 

0.01 



.01 








LippiNcoTT.] SAN GABRIEL RIVER. 251 

Estimated monthly discharge of San Gabriel River at Azusa, etc. — Continued. 



1901. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 

The year 

1902. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 

The year 



Discliarge. 



Maximum. Minimum. 



Sec. -feet. 

1,450 

2,600 

370 

75 

200 

27 







70 







2,600 





57 

318 

37 



















318 



Sec-feet. 



70 

80 

13 

18 

















Sec-feet. 

Ill 

613 

158 

43 

55 

7 







3 







83 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Acre-feet. 

6,825 

34,044 

9,715 

2,559 

3,382 

417 







184 







Run-off. 



Per 
square Depth, 
mile. 



Sec-feet. 

0.50 

2.76 

.71 

.19 

.25 

.03 







.01 







57, 126 





167 

2,337 

417 



















2,921 



.37 



252 



CALIFOKNIA HYDEOGRAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



Estimated monthly discharge of San Gabriel canals at Azusa, Los Angeles County. 
[Drainage area, 222 square miles.] 



1896. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 

The year 

1897. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

Juno 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 

The year 



Discharge. 



Maximum. Minimum. Mean, 



Sec-feet. 
26 
34 
43 
45 
42 
27 
15 
36 
19 
17 
24 
25 



45 



Sec-feet. 
26 
26 
35 
40 
29 
13 
9 
9 
11 
10 
15 
18 



Sec-feet. 
26 
30 
36 
43 
36 
19 
12 
14 
13 
11 
17 
20 



23 



17.56 
13.10 
17.14 
35.30 
62.97 
63.20 
38.13 
26.45 
20.66 
18.03 
23.30 
26.84 

30.20 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Acre-feet. 

1,599 

1,726 

2,214 

2,559 

2,214 

1,131 

738 

861 

774 

676 

1,012 

1,230 



16, 734 



1,072 
726 
1,051 
2,102 
3,810 
3,759 
2,343 
1,613 
1,226 
1,106 
1,385 
1,648 

21,831 



Per 
square 
mile. 



Sec-feet. 
0.12 
.14 
.16 
.19 
.16 
.09 
.05 
.06 
.06 
.05 



.10 



0.079 
.059 
.077 
.159 

.284 
.285 
.171 
.118 
.088 
.081 
.105 
.121 

.136 



LippiNcoTT.] SAN GABRIEL RIVER. 253 

Estimated monthly discharge of Sa7i Gabriel canals at Azusa, etc. — Continued. 



Discharge. 



Maximum. Minimum. Mean, 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Run-off. 



Per 
square 
mile. 



January . _ _ 
February -. 

March 

April . 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September . 

October 

November . 
December _ 



The year _ 

1899. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September _ _.. 

October . . 

November 

December 



The year _ 



Sec-feet. 
32 
34 
48 
37 
45 
30 
14 
9 

10 
10 
11 
18 



Sec-feet. 

23 

10 

28 

25.3 

20.0 

14.5 
9.0 
5.0 
6.1 
7.5 
8.0 

11.7 



48 



Sec-feet. 

26 
29 
35 
33 
32 
19 
11 
7 



10 
14 



Acre-feet. 

1,591 

1,618 

2,129 

1,950 

1,947 

1,159 

672 

456 

467 

533 

580 



5.0 



19.4 



13, 934 



15 

20 

18 

16 

12 

5 

3 

4 

3 

4 

10 

16 



21.8 

22.0 

26.0 

21.0 

14.0 

10.0 

4.0 

5.0 

4.0 

11.1 

14.0 

20.0 

14.4 



1,340 

1,244 

1,623 

1,262 

842 

565 

221 

295 

220 

683 

847 

1,247 

10, 389 



Sec. -feet. 
0.12 
.13 
.16 
.15 
.14 
.09 
.05 
.03 
.04 
.04 
.04 
.06 



.09 



0.098 
.102 
.119 
.096 
.062 
.043 
.016 
.022 
.019 
.050 
.064 
.091 

.065 



254 CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no. 81. 

Fsti-iiKited monilily discharge of Sail Gabriel canals at Azusa, etc. — Continued. 



1900. 

January 

February 

March 

April . 

May 

June 

July 

August _ . , 

September 

October 

November 

December 1 to 16 

The year ^ . 

1901. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May _ - 

June ... 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December . . 

The year . . 



Discharge. 



Sec. -feet. 

50 

23 

30 

26 

56 

22 

10 

5 

6 

6 

55 

53 



55 



Sec. -feet. 

22 

18 

16 

13 

16 

. 8 

4 

4 

3 

4 

5 

31 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Sec. -feet. ' Acre-feet. Sec-feet. 



18 



3,566 
3,721 
3,874 
3,987 
4,058 
3,332 
1,845 
1,230 
1,012 
1,291 
1,904 
1,660 



1,845 

1,111 

1,230 

1,012 

2,152 

893 

369 

246 

238 

307 

833 

1,269 



Per 
square 
mile. 



11,505 



31,480 



0.14 
.09 
.09 
.08 
.16 
.07 
.03 
.02 
.02 
.02 
.06 
.18 



.08 



0.26 
.30 
.28 
.30 
.30 
.25 
.14 
.09 
.08 
.09 
.14 
.12 



.20 



i.ippiNcoTT.] SAK GABRIEL RIVER. 255 

Est'unated luoiit/ili/ (Uncharge of San Gabriel canals at Azusa, etc. — Continued. 





Discharge. 


Total dis- 
charge. 


Run-off. 


Moil til. 


Maximum. 


Minimum. 


Mean. 


Per 

square 
mile. 


Deptli. 


1902. 
January 

Februar y 


Sec-feet. 
51 
63 
62 
62 
48 

29.5 
17 

8.5 

6 


Sec-feet. 

24 
27 
55 
46 
30 
13.5 

7.5 

6 

4.5 


Sec- feet. 

28 
34 
61 
59 
39 
20 
11 

7 

5 

19 
32 


Acre-feet. 

1,722 

1,888 

3,750 

3,510 

2,398 

1,190 

676 

430 

298 

430 

1,131 

1,968 


Sec-feet. 


Inches. 






March _ 

April _- 

May 

June 




! 






July _._ 

August 

September 

October 














10.5 5.5 
62 1 7. 5 






November 


1 
i ^ _ 


December _ . . . 


68 


16 












The year 


68 


4.5 


27 


19,391 











Estimated monthly discharge of San Gabriel River and canals at Azusa, Los 
Angeles County. 

[Drainage area, 222 square miles.] 



Discharge. 



January . 
February . 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August _-_ 
September 
October . . . 
November . 
December _ 



'T'he year . 



Sec-feet. 
51 
61 

169 
91 
40 
27 
•15 
36 
19 

188 
40 
37 



Sec-feet. 
26 
36 
37 
40 
29 
13 
9 
9 
11 
10 
15 
17 



Sec-feet. 

37 
41 
111 
54 
36 
19 
12 
14 
13 
24 
19 
22 

34 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Acre-feet. 

2,275 

2,358 

6,825 

3,213 

2,214 

1,131 

738 

861 

774 

1,476 

1,181 

1,858 

24, 349 



Per 
square 
mile. 



Sec-feet. 
0.17 

.18 
.50 
.24 
.16 
.09 
.05 
.06 
.06 
.11 
.09 
.10 

.15 



Depth. 



Inches. 

0.20 
.19 
.58 
.27 
.18 
.10 
.06 
.07 
.07 
.18 
.10 
.12 

2.07 



256 



CALIFOENIA HYDROGRAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



Estimated rtionthhj discharge cf San Gabriel River and canals at Azusa, Los 
Angeles Count u — Continued. 



Discharge. 



Maximum, j Minim.um. Mean, 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Per 
square 
mile. 



1897. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 

The year 

1898. 

January .... 

February 

March 

April . 

May 

June _ . 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 

The year 



Sec. -feet. 

147 

1,713 

1,765, 

370 

196 

91 

52 

34 

23 

1,640 

34 

34 



1,765 



Sec. -feet. 
25 
64 
294 
201 
94 
54 
27 
22 
18 
22 
31 
28 



Sec-feet. 

57.9 

344.8 

465.6 

294.4 

145.0 

67.8 

38.1 

26.4 

20.7 

90.5 

33.3 

30.5 



Acre-feet. 

3,617 

19, 146 

28, 023 

17,519 

8, 851 

4,033 

2,343 

1,013 

1,226 

5,564 

1,860 

1,875 



Sec-feet. 

0.260 

1.553 

2.097 

1.325 

.653 

.306 

.171 

.118 

.088 

.403 

.141 

.137 



18 



134.6 



96, 270 



.604 



28 

32 

28 

25.3 

25.0 

14.5 
9.0 
5.0 
6.1 
7.5 
8.0 

11.7 

5.0 



40 
40 
35 



19 
11 

7 
8 
9 

10 
14 

22 



2,453 

2,241 

2,131 

1,950 

2,223 

1,159 

672 

456 

467 

533 

- 580 

832 

15, 697 



0.18 
.18 
.16 
.15 
.16 
.09 
.05 
.03 
.04 
.04 
.04 
.06 

.10 



LIPPINCOTT.] 



SAN GABRIEL RIVER. 



257 



Estimated 7nonthly discharge Of San Gabriel River and canals at Azusa, Los 
Angeles County — Continued. 



Discharge. 



1899. 



January - . . 
February . 

March 

April 

May 

June - 

July 

August 

September . 

October 

November . 
December . 



The year . . _ 

1900. 

January 

February 

March 

April . _ 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 1 to 16 

The year . . . 



Sec-feet. 

33 

28 
40 

28 
17 

22 
4 



40 



89 

23 

30 

26 

86 

'22 

10 

5 

6 

6 

5,200 

53 



5,200 



Sec-feet. 

15 

20 

18 

16 

12 

5 

3 

4 

3 

4 

10 

16 



Sec-feet. 

23 

22 

26 

21 

14 

10 

4 

5 

4 

11 

14 

20 



32 

20 

20 

17 

37 

15 

6 

4 

4 

5 

186 

40 



32 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Acre-feet. 

1,414 

1,244 

1,623 

1,262 

•842 

565 

221 

295 

220 

709 

• 847 

1,247 



10,489 



Per 

square 
mile. 



Sec-feet. 

0.104 
.102 
.119 
.096 
.062 
.043 
.016 
.022 
.019 
.050 
.064 
.091 



.065 



1,968 
1,111 
1,230 
1,012 
2,275 



246 

238 

307 

11,068 

1,269 



21, 



0.14 
.09 
.09 

.08 
.17 
.07 
.03 
.02 
.02 
.02 
.84 
.18 



.15 



Depth. 



Inches. 

0.120 
.106 
.137 
.107 
.071 
.048 
.018 
.025 
.021 
.058 
.071 
.105 



.887 



0.16 
.09 
.10 
.09 
.20 
.08 
.03 
.02 
.02 
.02 
.93 
.11 



1.85 



IRR 81—0:3- 



-17 



258 

Estimated monthly 



CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



of San Gabriel River and canals at Azusa, Los 
Angeles County — Continued. 



Discharge. 



Maximum. Minimum. Mean, 



Per 
square 
mile. 



1901. 

January 

February 

March '. 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October . 

November 

December 

The year 

1902. 

January 

February . . 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August . 

September 

October 

November 

December 

The year 



Sec-feet. 

1,450 

2,605 

440 

130 

272 

93 

41 

27 

20 

122 

50 



2,605 



51 
120 
378 

99 

48 

29.5 

17 



10.5 

80 
68 

378- 



Sec-feet. 
28 
137 
135 
95 
83 
41 
24 
15 
15 
15 
29 



Sec-feet. 

169 

680 

221 

110 

121 

63 

30 

20 

17 

24 

32 

27 



Acre-feet. 

10,391 
37, 765 
13, 589 
6, 545 
7,440 
3,749 
1,845 
1,230 
1,012 
1,476 
1,904 
1,660 



Sec-feet. 

0.76 

3.06 

1.00 

.50 

.55 

.28 

.14 

.09 

.08 

.11 

.14 

.12 



15 



126 



88, 606 



24 

38 

63 

48 

30 

13.5 
7.5 
6 

4.5 
5.5 
7.5 

16 

4.5 



1,722 

2, 055 

6,087 

3,927 

2,398 

1,190 

676 

430 

298 

430 

1,131 

1,968 

22,312 



.57 



0.13 
.17 
.45 
.30 
.17 
.09 
.05 
.03 
.02 
.03 
.09 
.14 

.14 



LIPPINOOTT.] 



DISCHARGE TABLES. 



259 



SAN GREGORIO CREEK. 

Discharge measurement of San Gregorio Creek, San Mateo County. 



Hy drographer . 



Dis- 
charge. 



Locality. 



1893. 
Oct. 17 W.W. Brier _ 



Sec. ft. 
6.49 



One-third mile above San Gregorio. 



SAN JOAQUIN RIVER. 

The headwater tributaries of this river receive the drainage from 
the crests of the Sierra Nevada north of Mount Whitney. The fall 
of the river is rapid, with many favorable locations for power devel- 
opment, and in one case advantage has been taken of the fall on the 
North Fork, and a power plant constructed, dev^eloping electric power 
for transmission to Fresno and Hanford, Cal. During 1899 a second 
storage reservoir was under course of construction on the North 
Fork, which will tend further to regulate the flow of the river. No 
permanent diversions above the gaging station are made, but the 
water is extensively used below for irrigation purposes. The gage rod 
at the station was established b}^ the Southern Pacific Railway Comjjany 
in 1879. The old trestle bridge was torn down by the railroad company 
during 1899 and a new iron structure was erected in its place. This 
necessitated a new gage rod, which was set to the datum of the old 
gage and bolted to the western side of the central concrete pier. The 
bench mark is a nail in a post at the south end of the bridge on the 
west side, 0.2 foot above the ground and marked "B. M." It is at 
an elevation of 24.12 feet above gage datum. The channel for some 
distance above and below the bridge is straight, and the water has a 
uniform velocitj^ The right bank is high, rocky, and steep. The 
bed of the stream is of sand and gravel. 
Discharge measurements of San Joaquin River at Herndon, Fresno County, Cal. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Gage 
height. 


Dis- 
charge. 


1895. 
Jan. 9 
Mar. 22 


A. P. Davis and J. 
J. B. Lippincott. _ 


B. Lippincott 


Feet. 
4 

3.85 
6.65 
8.00 
3.00 
2.6 
2.55 

4.1 
9.33 

2.75 


Sec-feet. 
1,995 
1,938 


May 5 


do : 


7,419 


June 23 


do 




11 225 


Aug. 31 


do 




677 


Oct. 11 


do . _ 


332 


Nov. 25 


-. .do- 


270 


1896. 
Apr. 13 
June 11 


J. A. Vogleson 

J. B. Lippincott 


2,406 

15, 942 

424 


Nov. 2 


do 



260 CALIFORNIA HYDROaEAPHY. [no.81. 

Discharge measurements of San Joaquin River at Herndo7i, etc. — Continued. 



Hydrographer 



G-age 
height. 



1897. 
Feb. 14 
May 31 
July 16 
Sept. 8 
Nov. 2 
Dec. 21 

1898. 
Apr. 19 
May 30 
July 28 
Sept. 2 
Dec. 20 

1899. 
Mar. 5 
Apr. 18 
May 13 
June 2 
June 27 
Aug. 1 
Sept. 8 

1900. 
Feb. 2 
Apr. 3 
May 15 
June 18 
Aug. 9 
Sept. 1 
Sept. 28 
Dec. 30 

1901. 
Jan. 30 
Mar. 2 
Apr. 3 
July 31 
Oct. 16 

1902. 
May 14 
Sept. 11 



J. B. Lippincott- 

do 

A. Q. Campbell-. 

do 

do 

J. B. Lippincott . 

J. B. Lippincott- 

do 

do 

do 

do 



J. B. Lippincott _ 
S. a. Bennett _ . . 

do 

do 

do :_.- 

do 

do 



B. Lippincott. 
G. Bennett ^ _ . 

..do 

..do 

.-do 

..do 

--do 

-.do 



S. G. Bennett . 

do 

do 

do 

do 



S. G. Bennett - 
L. M. Lawson. 



Feet. 
3.58 
8.60 
4.5 
2.66 
2.92 
3.00 

5.42 

4.58 

3 

2.52 

2.5 

3.25 
6.34 

5.76 
4.90 
3.32 
2.67 

3.25 
4.66 
5.91 
5.67 
2.83 
2.50 
2.33 
3.33 



5.67 
2.25 



7.35 



"Gage height at beginning, 6.75; at ending, 7.25 



LippiNcoTT.] SAN JOAQUIN RIVER. 261 

Discharge measurements of San Joaquin River, Fresno County. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Local-;ty. 


1899. 




Sec-feet. 




Sept. 8 


S. G. Bennett 


269 


500 feet above Pollasky Bridge. 


1900. 








Sept. 28 


S. G. Bennett 


188 


Do. 


Sept. 28 


J. S. Eastwood 


188 




1901. 








Oct. 16 


S. G. Bennett 


315 


At Pollasky Ford. 


1900. 








Aug. 31 


E. G. Hamilton 


31 


South Fork at Blaney Meadows. 


1902. 








Sept. 27 


S. G. Bennett 


589 


Above railroad bridge near Lathrop, 
San Joaquin County. 


Sept. () 


E. T. Perkins 


.7 


Granite C^eek 100 feet below sheep 
bridge. 


Sept. 7 


do 


342 


150 yards below junction Jackass Creek. 


Sept. 7 


do 


3 


Jackass Creek 50 feet above junction 
with San Joaquin. 


Sept. 8 


do 


148 


Middle Fork 100 yards above Miller 
Bridge. 


Sept. 10 


do 


51 


Mono Creek at Trail Crossing. 


Sept. 10 


do 


107 


South Fork at Trail Crossing. 


Sept. 10 


do 


9 


Big Creek at dam site of J. S. Eastwood. 


Sept. 8 


L. M. Lawson 


309 


Pollasky. 


Sept. 9 


do 


18 


Canal at Reservoir, North Fork, at San 
Joaquin power house. 


Sept. 10 


do 


310 


San Joaquin Electl'ic Co.'s power house. 


Sept. 12 


do 


25 


Below dam at Mendota. 


Sept. 12 


do 


260 


Miller and Lux Canal at small dam. 


Sept. 12 


do 


265 


Miller and Lux canal at bridge near 
dredger. 



262 



CALIFORKIA HyBROGRAPHY. 



[no. 81. 



Estimated monthly discharge of San Joaquin River at Hamptonville , Fresno 

County. 

[Drainage area, 1,637 square miles.] 





Discharge. 


Total dis- 
charge. 


Run-off. 


Month. 


Maximum. 


Minimum. 


Mean. 


Per 

square 
mile. 


Depth. 


1878. « 


Sec-feet. 


Sec-feet. 


Sec. feet. 


Acre-feet. 


Sec-feet. 


Inches. 


November 






330 

410 


19,636 
25,210 


0.20 
.25 


0.22 


December 






.29 










1879. « 














January 


3,010 


370 


609 


37, 446 


0.37 


0.43 


February 


5,420 


620 


1,276 


70,865 


.78 


.81 


March 


3,340 


1,300 


1,953 


120, 085 


1.19 


1.37 


April 


8,560 


2,360 


3,849 


229,031 


2.35 


2.62 


May 


10,030 


2,850 


5,302 


326, 007 


3.24 


3.74 


June 


11,*640 


4,200 


6,379 


379, 576 


3.90 


4.35 


July 


4,460 


1,300 


2,303 


141,606 


1.41 


1.63 


August 


1,300 


550 


786 


48, 329 


.48 


.55 


September 


480 


310 


381 


22, 671 


.23 


.26 


October 


480 


260 


373 


22, 935 


.23 


.27 


November . 


420 


370 


411 


24, 456 


.25 


.28 


December . _ 


4,700 


700 


1,140 


70, 096 


.70 


.81 


The year 


11, 640 


260 


2,063 


1,493,103 


1.26 


17. 12 


1880. « 














January 


1,020 


770 


825 


50, 727 


0.50 


0.58 


February 


2,360 


770 


942 


54, 184 


.57 


.61 


March 


1,640 


1,120 


1,229 


75, 568 


.75 


.86 


April 


15,580 


1,300 


4,846 


288,357 


2.96 


3.30 


May 


25, 000 

25,600 

14,650 

4,700 


5,420 

14, 180 

3,350 

840 


13,170 

18,120 

8,010 

1,730 


809,792 

1,078,214 

492,516 

106, 374 


8.05 

11.07 

4.89 

1.06 


9.28 


June 


12.35 


July. _ 


5.64 


August 


1.22 


September 


840 


550 


734 


43, 676 


.45 


.50 


October 


480 

450 

6,730 


380 
370 
395 


422 

380 

2,001 


25, 948 
22,612 
123,037 


.26 
.23 

1.22 


.30 


November 


.26 


December 


1.41 


The year 


25, 600 


370 


4,367 


3,171,005 


2.67 


36.31 



a Authority, California State engineering dexmrtment. 



lilPPINCOTT.] 



SAN JOAQUIN EIVER. 



263 



Estimated monthly discharge of San Joaquin River at Hamptonville, Fresno 
County — Continued. 



Discharge. 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Per 

square 
mile. 



1881. « 



January . . 
February . 

March 

April 

May . 

June. 

July 

August 

September . 

October 

November . 
December . . 



The year _ 

1882. « 

January . 

February 

March 

April - - - - 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September & 

October ^ 

November & 

December & 



The year _ 



Sec-feet. 

59, 800 

22, 450 

6,570 

13, 250 

16,500 

9,230 

5, 180 

1,640 

760 

490 

530 

2,740 



59, 800 



330 

520 

3,890 

7,360 

12, 860 

13, 980 

6,900 

1,630 



Sec-feet. 

1,024 

2,440 

2,440 

5,900 

5,900 

4,300 

2,200 

760 

490 

430 

380 

340 



Sec-feet. 

3,856 

6,340 

2,855 

8,008 

9, 095 

5,948 

3,064 

1,260 

584 

463 

461 

632 



Acre-feet. 

237, 096 

352, 106 

175, 547 

476, 509 

559, 230 

353, 931 

188, 398 

77, 474 

34, 750 

28, 469 

27, 431 

38, 860 



Sec-feet. 

2.35 

3.87 

1.74 

4.89 

5.56 

3.63 

1.87 

.77 

.36 

.28 

.28 

.39 



340 



3,547 



2, 549, 801 



290 

280 

340 

2,540 

7,360 

4,280 

700 

450 



303 

330 

1,522 

3,409 

8,850 
7,867 
2,918 
591 
240 
564 
490 
320 



18,631 

18,327 

93, 584 

202, 849 

544, 165 

468,119 

179,421 

36, 339 

14, 281 

34, 679 

29, 157 

19,676 



2,370 



1,659,228 



2.17 



0.19 

.20 

.93 

2.08 

5.41 

4.81 

1.78 

.36 

.15 

.34 

.30 

.20 



1.40 



"Authority, California State engineering department. 

ft Estimated from, previous measurements and neighboring streams. 



264 



OALIFOENIA HYDROGRAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



Estimated monthly discharge of San Joaquin River at Hamptonville, Fresno 
County — Continued. 



1883. « 

January & 

February '^ 

March & 

April ^ 

May & 

June^ .-- 

July& 

August ^ 

September ^ _ _ . 

October ^ 

November ^ _ _ . 
December '> 



The year _ 

1884/' 

January '^ 

February '' 

March ^> 

April '> 

May ^ 

June ^ 

July& 

August ^ 

September ^ 

October ^ 



Discharge. 



Maximum. Minimum 



Sec. -feet. 



Sec-feet. 



-feet. 
320 
320 
150 
130 
370 
220 
470 
490 
410 
330 
250 
250 



1,726 



410 

2,460 

4,090 

3,270 

8,190 

16, 400 

13,100 

3,270 

980 

820 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Acre-feet. 

19, 676 

17,771 

70,711 

126,744 

453, 164 

370, 116 

90,887 

30,129 

24, 397 

20,291 

14, 876 

15,372 



1,253,634 



25,210 
141,501 
251,484 
194, 578 
503, 583 
975, 868 
805, 488 
201,064 
58,814 
50, 420 



Per 
square 
mile. 



Sec-feet. 

0.20 

.20 

.70 

1.30 

4.50 

3.80 

.90 

.30 

.25 

.20 

.15 

.15 



1.05 



0.25 

1.50 

2.50 

2.00 

5.00 

10.02 

8.00 

2.00 

.60 

.50 



Depth. 



Inches. 

0.23 

.21 

.81 

1.45 

5.19 

4.24 

1.04 

.35 

.28 

.23 

.17 

.17 



14. 87 



0.29 

1.62 

2.88 

2.23 

5.76 

11.18 

9.22 

2.31 

.67 

.58 



« Authority. California State engineering department. 

h Estimated from previous measurements and neighboring streams. 



LIPPINCOTT.] 



SA:N^ JOAQUIN EIVEK. 



265 



Estimated monthly discharge of San Joaquin River at Herndon, Fresno County. 
[Drainage area, 1,637 square miles.] 



Discharge. 



Maximum. Minimum. Mean 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Run-off. 



Per 
square 
mile. 



1895. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 

The year 

1896. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 

The year 



Sec-feet. 

11,225 

8,500 

9,318 

9,863 

19,960 

14, 250 

8,000 

2,301 

8,500 

1,260 

426 



19, 960 



750 
176 



920 

080 
300 
180 
700 
390 
750 



Sec. -feet. 

1,260 

909 

1,554 

3,354 

5,100 

7,250 

2,148 

793 

260 

260 

260 



Sec-feet. 

2,881 

2, 568 

2,779 

5,834 

13,124 

10,674 

4,528 

1,417 

1,085 

420 

362 

373 



Acre-feet. 

177. 146 
142, 619 
170, 874 

347. 147 
806, 963 
635, 147 
278, 416 

87, 128 
64, 562 
25,825 
21,540 
22, 935 



Sec-feet. 

1.76 

1.57 

1.70 

3.56 

• 8.02 

. 6.52 

2.77 

.87 

.66 

.26 

.22 

.23 



260 



3,837 



780, 302 



250 

950 

1,180 

1,920 

2,560 

6, 544 

1,600 

700 

80 

80 

430 

430 



2,119 

1,177 

2,612 

2, 675 

5, 394 

11,799 

4, 177 

1,048 

534 

167 

697 



18, 800 



130, 335 

67, 696 

160, 649 

159, 192 

331,700 

702, 106 

256, 865 

64, 463 

31,817 

10,275 

41,492 

40, 957 



80 2, 756 



1,997,547 



1.29 

. 72 

1.60 

1.64 

3.30 

7.21 

2.55 

.64 

.33 

.10 

.43 

.41 



266 



CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. 



[N0.81. 



Estimated tnonthly discharge of San Joaquin River at Herndon, Fresno 
County — Continued. 



Discharge. 



Maximum. Minimum.. Mean. 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Per 
square 
mile. 



1897. 



January _ _ . 
February . 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August --_ 
September. 
October _ . _ 
November _ 
December _ 



The year . 

1898. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June ._ 

July -.-- 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 



The year . 



Sec-feet. 
1,180 

15, 660 

4,600 

11,708 

18, 600 

12,332 

4,300 

1,300 

535 

820 

4,300 

4,000 



18, 600 



763 
1,425 
1,242 

5,846 

5, 141 

3,744 

1,730 

610 

1,882 

763 

350 

1,181 



5,846 



Sec-feet. 

535 

1,180 

1,675 

2,305 

9,565 

2,390 

1,300 

590 

105 

105 

120 

«513 



Sec-feet. 

655 

2,598 

2,325 

6,541 

13, 545 

5,862 

. 2, 493 

898 

227 

279 

872 

995 



Acre-feet. 

40, 275 

144, 286 

142, 960 

389,216 

832, 855 

348, 812 

153, 290 

55, 216 

13, 507 

17,155 

51,887 

61,180 



Sec-feet. 

0.40 

1.59 

1.42 

4.00 

8.27 

3.57 

1.52 

.55 

.14 

.17 

.53 

.61 



105 



3,108 



2, 250, 639 



530 

530 

763 

1,018 

2,262 

1,730 

530 

350 

220 

350 

290 

240 



658 

842 

908 

2,944 

3,206 

2,718 

959 

480 

363 

509 

308 

384 



40,459 

46, 762 

55, 831 

175, 180 

197,131 

161,732 

58, 967 

29, 514 

21,600 

31,297 

18, 327 

23,611 



220 1,190 



0,411 



1.90 



0.40 

.51 

.56 

1.80 

1.96 

1.66 

.59 

.29 

.22 

.31 

.19 

.24 



.73 



a Minimum of 60 second-feet given in Nineteenth Ann. Rept. is error. 



LIPPINCOTT.j 



SAK JOAQUIN RIVER. 



267 



Estimated inonthly discharge of San Joaquin River at Herndon, Fresno 
County — Continued. 



Discharge. 



Total dis- 
charge. 



1899. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May . 

June 

July 

August . 

September 

October 

November 

December . 

The year 

1900. 

January 

February 

March ... 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 

The year 



Sec-feet. 

1,170 

1,060 

16, 206 

7,354 

7,090 

9,070 

3, 105 

745 

220 

776 

1,175 

4, 775 



16, 206 



15, 932 

745 

2,780 

2,780 

9,730 

8, 674 

3,445 

630 

240 

990 

20, 780 

1,285 



Sec-feet. 
170 

350 

692 

2,030 

1,830 

2,620 

955 

250 

70 

69 

130 

220 



Sec-feet. 

463 

645 

2,689 

4,233 

3,730 

5,700 

1,664 

428 

152 

214 

565 

1,018 



Acre-feet. 

28,469 

35, 821 

165, 341 

251,880 

229, 350 

339, 173 

104, 284 

26, 317 

9,045 

13, 158 

33,620 

62, 595 



Sec-feet. 
0.28 

.39 

1.64 

2.59 

2.28 

3.48 

1.02 

.26 

.09 

.13 

.34 

.62 



1,792 



1,299,053 



745 

355 

640 

1,520 

2,170 

3,620 

630 

240 

180 

180 

240 

745 



2 244 

534 

1,748 

2,060 

5,725 

5,728 

1,642 

390 

204 

451 

1,834 

1,033 



137, 978 

29, 657 

107, 480 

122, 578 

352,016 

340, 840 

100, 962 

23, 980 

12,139 

27, 730 

109, 130 

63,517 



1.09 



1.37 

.33 

1.07 

1.26 

3.50 

3.50 

1.00 

.24 

.13 

.28 

1.12 

.63 



20, 780 



180 



1,428,007 



1.20 



268 



CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



Estimated monthly discharge of San Joaquin River at Herndon, Fresno 
County — Continued. 



Discharge. 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Per 

square 
mile. 



Depth. 



1901. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May _- 

June 

July 

August . 

September _ . . 

October . 

November 

December 

The year 



Sec-feet. 

21,372 

12, 940 

6,830 

12, 400 

17,870 

15, 662 

14, 294 

5,850 

500 

2,480 

1,550 

2,060 



Sec-feet. 

810 

1,550 

2,480 

1,930 

4,775 

7,882 

3,110 

500 

360 

340 

500 

460 



Sec-feet. 

3,506 

4,983 

4,191 

4,680 

10, 935 

11,998 

3,466 

2,373 

399 

489 

702 

872 



Acre-feet. 

215,576 

276, 742 

257, 695 

278, 479 

672, 367 

713, 930 

213,116 

145,910 

23, 742 

30, 067 

41,772 

53, 617 



21,372 



340 



4,050 



2, 923, 013 



Sec-feet. 

2.14 

3.04 

2.56 

2.86 

6.68 

7.33 

2.12 

1.45 

.24 

.30 

.43 

.53 



2.47 



Incites. 

2.47 

3.17 

2.95 

3.18 

7.71 

8.17 

2.45 

1.67 

.27 

.35 

.48 

.61 



33.48 



Discharge measurements of Chiquita San Joaquin River, Madera County. 


Date. 


Hydrographei'. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Sept. 27,1900 


J. S. Eastwood 


Sec-feet. 
22.6 



SAN JOSE CREEK. 

Discharge measurements of San Jose Creek, Santa Barbara County. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Aug. —,1889 


G.F.Wright . 


Sec-feet. 
0.27 







The following measurements of San Jose Creek were made by 
Charles J. Johansen for the Pacific Improvement Company. The 
pipe line along the West Fork of San Jose Creek was not carrying 
water in the year 1890. 



LIPPINCOTT.] 



SAN JOSE CEEEK. 



269 



The point of measurement of the West Fork was a short distance 
above its junction with the East Fork, or main stream. The main 
stream, or East Fork, of San Jose Creek was gaged a short distance 
above its junction with the West Fork, and the pipe line along this 
stream was not carrying water in the year 1890. 

List of discharge measurements of San Jose Creek, Santa Barbara Comity. 



Hydrographer. 



Dis- 
cliarge. 



Locality. 



Charles J. Johansen _ 

do , 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 



..do .... 
..do .... 
_.do .... 
..do __-_ 
_.do .... 
..do .-._ 
..do .... 
.-do .... 
.-do .... 
..do -.-_ 
_-do --.. 
.-do --.. 
-.do ---_ 
.-do .... 
..do .... 
...do .... 
.-do .... 
..do .... 
-.do ..-. 
-.do --.. 
..do .... 
..do .... 
..do .... 
..do ._-. 
--do .... 
..do .... 



Sec-feet. 
1.57 
.54 
.94 
.60 
.60 
.54 
.54 
.50 
.50 
.44 
.44 
.44 
.50 
.44 
.40 
.40 
.40 
.40 
^ .40 
.40 
.40 
.40 
.40 
.35 
.40 
.40 
.32 
.29 
.32 
.32 
.32 
.32 
.32 
.35 



West Fork at mouth. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 



270 CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no. 81. 

List of discharge measurements of San Jose Creek, etc. — Con tinned. 



Hydrograplier. 



Dis- 
charge. 



Locality. 



1890. 



May 
May 
May 
May 
May 

May 11 

May 12 

May 13 

May 15 

May 17 

May 19 

May 21 

May 23 

May 25 

May 27 

May 29 

May 31 

Jnne 2 

Jnne 4 

June 6 

Jnne 8 

Jnne 10 

Jnne 12 

Jnne 14 

June 16 

June 18 

June 20 

June 22 

June 24 

June 26 

June 28 

June 30 

July 2 

July 4 

July 6 

July 8 

July 10 

July 12 

July 14 



Charles J. Johanson . _ 

....do 

....do ... 

....do 

....do 

...-do 

....do 

.--.do 

.--.do .. 

...-do . 

..-.do 

-.-.do 

---.do 

...do 

...do :. 

--..do 

....do 

_--.do 

.-.-do 

.----do 

...--do 

-..-do 

.-.-do 

----do 

....do 

...-do 

-...do 

....do 

.-..do . 

-..-do 

_--_do 

....do .... 

-...do 

....do 

--.-do 

..--do . 

....do ... 

-.--do 

----do 



Sec. -feet. 
0.32 
.26 
.32 
.32 
.26 
.26 
.23 
.26 
.23 
.26 
.26 
.23 
.23 
.23 
.23 
.23 
.21 
.21 
.21 
.21 
.18 
.23 
.21 
.21 
.27 
.21 
.19 
.21 
.17 
.19 



.17 
.17 
.18 
.17 
.17 
.17 
.16 



West Fork at mouth. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. • 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 



LiPPiNCOTT.] SAN JOSE CREEK. 271 

List of discharge measurements of San Jose Creek, etc. — Continued. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Locality. 


1890. 




Sec-feet. 




July 16 


Charles J. Johansen - _ _ 


0.16 


West Fork at mouth. 


July 18 


do 


.14 
.16 


Do. 


July 20 


-----do 


Do. 


July 22 


do 


.14 
.17 
.16 


Do. 


July 24 


-do 


Do. 


July 26 


do .. 


Do. 


July 28 


do 


.17 
.17 


Do. 


July 30 


do 


Do. 


Aug. 1 
Aug. 2 


do 


.17 


Do. 


do 


.17 


Do. 


Aug. 3 


do 


.17 


Do. 


Aug. 4 


do 


.17 


Do. 


Aug. 6 


do 


.17 


Do. 


Aug. 8 


do 


.17 


Do. 


Mar. 1 


do 


6.38 
5.76 


East Fork above West Fork. 


Mar. 3 


_ -_-d0 


Do. 


Mar. 5 


-..do- 


5.17 


Do. 


Mar. 7 


-do -.-- 


4.88 
4.59 
4.03 


Do. 


Mar. 9 


_ _-do 


Do. 


Mar. 11 


do .- 


Do. 


Mar. 13 


do 


3.76 


Do. 


Mar. 15 


do 


3.51 


Do. 


Mar. 17 


do 


3.00 


Do. 


Mar. 19 


do 


3.51 


Do. 


Mar. 21 


do 


5.11 


Do. 


Mar. 23 


do 


4.59 


Do. 


Mar. 25 


do 


4.59 


Do.. 


Mar. 27 


do - 


4.31 
4.31 
4.03 


Do. 


Mar. 29 


do 


Do. 


Mar. 31 


do 


Do. 


Apr. 2 


-do 


4.03 
■ 3.51 


Do. 


Apr. 4 


do 


Do. . 


Apr. 6 


do 


3.51 


Do. 


Apr. 8 


do 


3.51 


Do. 


Apr. 10 


do 


3.25 


Do. 


Apr. 12 


do 


3.00 


Do. 


Apr. 14 


do 


3.00 
1.97 


Do. 


Apr. 15 


do 


Do. 


Apr. 17 


,,...do.._,. 


2.24 


Do. 



272 CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no.81. 

List of discharge measurements of San Jose Creek, etc. — Continued. 



Hydrographer. 



Dis- 
charge. 



Locality. 



1890. 



Apr. 19 

Apr. 21 

Apr. 23 

Apr. 25 

Apr. 27 
Apr. 
May 
May 
May 

May 7 

May 9 

May 11 

May 12 

May 13 

May 15 

May 17 

May 19 

May 21 

May 23 

May 25 

May 27 

May 29 

May 31 

Jnne 2 

June 4 

June 6 

June 8 

June 10 

June 12 

June 14 

June 16 

June 18 

June 20 

June 22 

June 24 

June 26 

June 28 

June 30 

July 2 



Charles J. Johansen . ! 

do 

do 

do .. 

do _.... 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

...-do 

do 

do :. 

do 

.__.do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do ... 

do 

do 

do ... 

do _. 

do 

.....do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 



Sec-feet. 

2.10 

2.10 

1.97 

1.97 

1.97 

' 2. 10 

1.97 

1.72 

1.72 

1.72 

1.72 

1.72 

1.18 

1.59 

1.47 

1.47 

1.47 

1.19 

1.19 

1.25 

1.19 

1.19 

1.19 

1.12 

.94 

.88 

.91 

.91 

.94 

1.00 

1.12 

1.06 

1.00 

.82 

.82 

.88 

.94 

.82 

.76 



East Fork above West Fork. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 



LippiNcoTT.] SAN JOSE CEEEK. 273 

List of discharge measurements of San Jose Creek, etc. — Contimied. 



Date. 



Hydrographer. 



1890. 

July 4 

July 6 

July 8 I do 

July 10 do 

July 12 do 

July 14 j do 

July 16 do 



Charles J. Johansen . 
--..do -- 



July 18 

July 20 

July 22 

July 24 

July 26 \ do 

July 28 ' do 



July 30 : 
Aug. 1 
Aug. 2 
Aug. 3 ' 

Aug. 4 ' 
Aug. 6 I 
Aug. 8 ' 

Aug. 11 

Aug. 13 

Aug. 15 

Aug. 17 

Aug. 19 

Aug. 21 

Aug. 23 

Aug. 25 

Aug. 27 

Aug. 29 

Aug. 31 

Sept. 2 

Sept. 4 

Sept. 6 

Sept. 8 

Sept. 10 

Sept. 12 

Sept. 14 



-.-do -.. 
-.-do _.- 
---do ... 
--.do --- 
-._do _.. 
-.-do --. 
...do --- 
--_do ... 
---do --- 
-..do .-- 
--.do -_. 
- -do .-. 
---do --. 
---do -_- 
.--do ... 
..-do --. 
-.-do .-- 
---do -- 
...do -_- 
...do --- 
-do .-- 
...do .. 
.--do ... 
...do ... 
...do ..- 



Dis- 
charge. 



Sec. -feet. 

0.76 
.79 
.76 
.71 
.73 
.70 
.70 
.65 
.62 
.60 
.60 
.63 
.54 
.60 
.63 
.63 
.63 
.63 
.63 
.63 
.88 
.88 
.82 

,.65 
.60 
.60 
.60 
.65 
.65 
.60 
.60 I 
. 57 
.40 I 

• '^^ i 
.44 I 
.54 
.50 



Locality. 



East Fork above West Fork. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 



IRR 81—03- 



-18 



274 CALIFORNIA HYDEOGKAPHY. [no. 81. 

List of discharge measurements of San Jose Creek, etc. — Continued. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Locality 


• 1890. 
Sept. 15 
Sept. 18 
Sept. 20 
Sept. 22 
Sept. 24 
Sept. 26 
Sept. 28 
Sept. 30 
Oct. 2 
Oct. 4 


Charles J. Johansen . - _ 

do 

do .. 

do 

do 

do 

do . 

do 

do 

do 


Sec-feet. 

0.60 
.60 
.65 
.60 
.71 
.71 
.82 
.71 
.71 
.68 
.60 
.61 


East Fork above West Fork. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 


Oct. 6 
Oct. 7 


do 

do _. 


Do. 
Do. 



SAN LUIS REY RIVER. 

Discharge measurements of San Luis Rey River, San Diego Countj 



Date. 



June 20,1899 
,1900 



Aug. 19, 
Sept. —. 
Sept. — , 
Apr. 2. 
May —, 
Oct. — : 
Dec. 8, 
Dec. 20, 
Jan. 15. 
Mar. 8, 
Apr. It 
Apr. 17, 
May 10, 
May 19; 



1899 
1900 
1894 
1894 
1894 
1894 
1895 
1895 
1895 
1895 
1895 
1895 



Hydrographer. 



S. G. Bennett 

H. N. Savage . 

do 

do 

do 

E. F. Tabor . . 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do - 

do 

do -. 

do 

...l-do 



Dis- 
charge. 



Sec.-feet. 

1.04 

2.00 

2.50 

<<3.50 

10.00 

6,716 

4 

10 

240 

5,000 

152 

100 

72 

39 

19 



Locality. 



Headworks Escondido Irriga- 
tion District canal. 

Do. 

4 miles eastof Sicklers Mill, Pala. • 



Do. 



«H. N. Savage state3 this to be minimum prior to September, 1899. 



LippiNCOTT.] DISCHARGE TABLES. 275 

SAN MATEO CREEK. 

San 'Francisco obtains its domestic water supply from a series of 
impounding reservoirs located in the southern portion of the peninsula 
between San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean. The drainage 
basin of these reservoirs ranges in elevation from 250 to 1,800 feet, 
with an average of about 750 feet. The hills are undulating. There 
is a limited growth of timber on the northern slopes near the summit, 
but a large amount of brush covers other portions of the basin. On 
the southern slopes and crests the hills are frequently bare of brush, 
but are covered with grasses. The Spring Valley Water Company 
owns the entire area of the drainage basin and protects the forest 
covering, not even permitting grazing within its limits. Mr. Herman 
Schussler, chief engineer of the water companj^ has furnished this 
office with a statement of the rainfall and run-off of the drainage 
basins which contribute to the water supply under the control of the 
company. The table given below extends from 1869 to 1899, and 
shows the seasonal rainfall, together with the percentage collected 
in the reservoirs. The record is therefore thirty years in length. 
It is by far the oldest table of run-off in the State, and for this 
reason is of unusual value. The seasonal year rather than the calen- 
dar is given. Column No. 1 shows the year; column No. 2 the inches 
of rainfall in the respective basins; column No. 3 the percentage of 
this rainfall which is caught and delivered, the evaporation being 
deducted. The portion of the discharge table marked " Southeasterly 
portion of the watershed southeast of old dam," etc., refers to the 
area above the reservoir, which was constructed at an early date. At 
a later period, at a point lower down the stream, the Crystal Springs 
dam was constructed and flooded water over the top of the original 
dam and into the valleys of other streams. This explains the change 
in the description of the drainage basin which occurs in 1888. The 
portion of the table marked "Above southeasterly and northeasterly 
portion of peninsula watershed, total Crystal Lake drainage," is for 
the entire area above the Crystal Springs gage datum. The remark- 
able variation in percentage strikingly illustrates the necessity for 
storing water from the drainage basins in order to provide for periods 
of drought. In the western portion of the drainage basin there was 
practically no run-off in the season of 1876-77, and in the easterly por- 
tion of the basin there was practically no run-off in the seasons of 
1881-82, 1882-83, and 1897-98. It would therefore be necessary to 
store enough water in the reservoirs to furnish a supply for two 
summers and at least one winter. Another feature of interest in 
this table is that w^hile the run-off in the seasons of 1881-82 and 
1882-83 was practically nothing from the easterly portion of the basin, 
the percentage of rainfall in the western portion of the watershed was 
29.4 and 23, respectively. 



276 CALIFORI^IA HYDEOGRAPHY. [no. 81. 

Rainfall and run-off from basin of San Mateo Creek, California. 



Rainfall. 


Run-off. 


Inches. 


Percent. 


41.95 


22.6 


34.70 


9.8 


80.42 


31.4 


39.31 


28.4 


48.88 


29.5 


44.26 


21.2 


69.24 


39.2 


23.83 


.7 


72.51 


37.8 


56.10 


29.2 


56.14 


35.0 


53.81 


43.0 i 


34.33 


29.4 1 


33.89 


23.0 


54.99 


33.2 


38.25 


30.0 


51.90 


43.9 


34.44 


29.1 


37.53 


29.2 


41.17 


28.1 


73.67 


44.7 


37. 69 


22.8 


43.10 


13.3 


58.25 


24.4 


54.90 


21.8 


66.93 


25.2 


49.45 


21.0 


50.47 


34.0 


26.26 


9.6 


42.56 


17.7. 


1,450.83 


808.2 


48.36 


26.94 



Western portion of penin- 
sula watershed: 

1869-70 

1870-71.. 

1871-72 

1872-73 

1873-74.. 

1874-75 

1875-76....; 

1876-77 

1877-78 

1878-79 . 

1879-80 

1880-81 

1881-82 

1882-83-., 

1883-84 

1884-85 

1885-86. 

1886-87 

1887-88 

1888-89... 

1889-90 

1890-91- 

1891-92 

1892-93 

1893-94 

1894-95 

1895-96 

1896-97 

1897-98 

1898-99 

Total -.- 

Mean 



Southeasterly portion of 
peninsula watershed 
(southeast from old dam): 

1877-78 



178-79.. 
L879-80-. 
.880-81.. 
.881-82.. 



.883-84.. 
884-85.. 
.885-86.. 
.886-87.. 



Total.. 
Mean.. 



Above southeasterly and 
northeasterly portions of 
peninsula watershed, to- 
tal Crystal Lake drainage: 

1889-90 - 



1890-91. 
1891-92. 



1893-94-. 
1894-95.. 
1895-96.. 
1896-97-. 

1897-98.. 



Total.. 
Mean. . 



Inches. 
57.70 
43.12 
48.01 
38.78 
25.02 
23.06 
40.32 
25.67 
35.58 



72.68 
31.92 
24.16 
47.07 
33.08 
55.77 
32.62 
35.62 
18.17 
30.37 



381.46 
38.15 



r cent. 
29.3 
12.2 
15.1 
34.1 
.9 
.0 
26.8 
13.1 
25.4 
9.7 
5.3 
7.4 



179.5 
14.94 



53.2 
24.4 

8.0 
34.3 
29.0 
33.8 
16.2 
19.3 

0.0 
11.0 



230.1 
23.01 



SAN ROQUI CREEK. 

San Roqui Creek was measured during the year 1890 by Charles J. 
Johansen for the Pacific Improvement Company. The point of 
measurement was a short distance below the San Roqui tunnel, 
which was being built from 1899 to 1901, the point of measurement 
being near an old dam in the stream. This drainage line is called 
San Roqui Creek in its mountainous portions, but lower down and 
south of the Southern Pacific Railroad it is called the Arroyo Burro. 



LiPPiNcoTT.] SAN ROQUI CKEEK. 277 

List of discharge measurements of San Roqui Creek, Santa Barbara County. 



Date. 


Hydi'Ographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Locality. 


1890. 




Sec-feet. 




Feb. 13 


Charles J. Johansen _ - - 


4.96 


At old diversion box below tunnel. 


Feb. 19 


do 


5.70 

9.61 

11.03 


Do. 


Feb. 21 


do 


Do. 


Feb. 26 


do 


Do. 


Mar. 1 


do 


6.91 
6.28 


Do. 


Mar. 3 


do 


Do. 


Mar. 5 


do 


5.67 
5.67 
5.20 


Do. 


Mar. 6 


.. .do 


Do. 


Mar. 8 


do 


Do. 


Mar. 10 


do 


5.20 


Do. 


Mar. 12 


do 


4.96 


Do. 


Mar. 14 


do 


4.96 


Do. 


Mar. 16 


do _.._ 


4.27 


Do. 


Mar. 18 


do 


4.27 


Do. 


Mar. 20 


do 


4.73 
4.73 
4.27 
3.84 
3.84 
3.84 
3.42 


Do. 


Mar. 22 


do . 


Do. 


Mar. 24 


do 


Do. 


Mar. 26 


do 


Do. 


Mar. 28 


-do -. . 


Do. 


Mar. 30 


do 


Do. 


Apr. 1 


do ... .... 


Do. 


Apr. 3 


do 


3.42 
3.42 
3.21 


Do. 


Apr. 5 


do 


Do. 


Apr. 7 


do 


Do. 


Apr. 9 


do ... 


3.21 


Do. 


Apr. 11 


do 


■ 3.00 


Do. 


Apr. 13 


do .... 


2.80 


Do. 


Apr. 15 


do .... 


2.62 


Do. 


Apr. 17 


do 


2.62 


Do. 


Apr. 19 


.. ..do - 


2. 42 
2. 15 


Do. 


Apr. 21 


do 


Do. 


Apr. 23 


do 


1.88 


Do. 


Apr. 25 


do 


1.80 


Do. 


Apr. 27 


do 


1.80 


Do. 


Apr. 29 


do 


1.55 
1.55 


Do. 


May 1 


do 


Do. 


May 3 


do 


1.39 


Do. 


May 5 


do .._ 


1.39 


Do. 


May 7 


do 


1.39 


Do. 


May 9 


do 


1.23 


Do. 


Mav 11 


do 


1.23 


Do. 



278 CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no.81. 

List of discharge measur'ements of San Roqui Creek, etc. — Continued. 



Hy drographer . 



Dis- 
charge. 



Locality. 



1890. 
May 13 
May 15 
May 17 
May 19 
May 20 
May 22 
May 24 
May 26 
May 28 
May 30 
June 2 
June 4 
June 5 
June 7 
June 9 
June 11 
June 13 
June 15 
June 17 
June 19 
June 21 
June 23 
June 25 
June 27 
June 29 



July 1 

July 3 

July 5 

July 7 

July 9 

July 11 

July 13 

July 15 

July 17 

July 19 

July 21 

July 23 

July 25 

July 27 

July 29 

July 31 



Charles J. Johansen 

..__do 

_-._do 

-...do 

..._do 

....do . 

.._.do 

..._do 

_...do 

._-_do 

do 

do . 

do 

....do 

do _.: 

do 

do 

....do 

do 

....do 

.....do 

...do 

do 

-..-do 

do 

.-.-do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do -... 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 



Sec-feet. 
1.30 
1.23 
1.23 
1.23 
.63 
.65 
.65 
.65 
.54 
.54 
.52 
.52 
.44 
.40 
.35 
.35 
.35 
.35 
.38 
.38 



.35 



.29 
.29 
.29 
.29 
.26 
.26 
.26 
.26 
.23 
.20 
.20 
.20 
.20 
.20 
.24 



At old diversion box below tunnel. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 



LippiNcoTT.] SAN ROQUI CREEK AND SANTA ANA RIVER. 279 

List of discharge measurements of San Roqui Creek, etc. — Continued. 



Hydrographer. 



Charles J. Johansen 

-___do 

.._-do 

do 

_-.-do 

..._do 

do 

do 

..._do 

do 

..__do 

..._do 

do .. 

....do ..... 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

..._do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

...do 

do 

do 



Dis- 
charge. 



Sec-feet. 
0.24 
.24 
.24 
.26 
.26 
.26 
.23 
.23 
.20 
.20 
.17 
.19 
.19 
.19 
.19 
.19 
.19 
.19 
.19 
.19 
.19 
.19 
.19 
.09 
.09 
.07 
.04 
.04 
.05 
.04 
.04 
.04 
.04 



Locality. 



At old diversion box below tunnel. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 
Below old diversion box. • 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 



SANTA ANA RIVER. 

The river has its source on the southwestern slope of the San Ber- 
nardino Mountains and flows west, appearing from its canyon 6 miles 
northeast of Redlands. Its waters are completely used in San Ber- 
nardino Valley. At the lower part of the valley the water appears 
again in the vicinity of Rincon, where the river passes through a 



280 CALIFOENIA HYDROGEAPHY. [no. 81. 

comxDaratively narrow gorge, and the stream flows thence in a general 
southwesterl}^ direction, emptying into the Pacific Ocean. The sta- 
tion, established June, 1896, is located 5 miles northeast of Mentone, 
Cal., three-fourths of a mile below the head works of the Santa Ana 
canal aiid opposite the warm springs in the canyon. The gage is an 
inclined timber fastened to a large bowlder and posts set in the bank 
of the river. On October 16, 1898, owing to some local legal compli- 
cations, an nnusually large volume of water was turned into the Santa 
Ana canal by the Bear Valley Company. This water was wasted 
from the canal at a point below the old gage rod, necessitating the 
establishment of a new gage rod upon this stream at a point below 
where the waste from the canal was turned into the river. The new 
gage was put in November 9, 1898, and since that date daily observa- 
tions have been kept on the lower gage, which is a 2 b}^ 6 inch timber 
firmly bolted to a granite cliff, which forms the left bank of the river, 
and is situated 800 feet below the mouth of Warmsprings Canyon 
and 100 feet above a ford on the canyon road. A landslide occurred 
below the gage rod April 16, 1899, which changed the condition of the 
rating for the station. Owing to the shifting nature of the stream 
bed it has not been possible to construct perfectly satisfactory rating 
curves, but the tables as presented are based on the best information 
that could be obtained. This river is one of the most difficult 
streams in the State to accurately gage. The Edison Electric Com- 
pany diverts the greater portion of the water of Santa Ana River 
above the gaging station, but also returns all of it above the station. 
Only limited portions of the water are allowed to pass out of the con- 
duits during certain hours of the day, the water being held back for 
the purpose of obtaining additional power when the greatest demand 
exists. An effort is being made to arrange with this compan}^ to 
obtain a*record of the number of gates, the sizes of the openings, and 
the hours at which the various wheels are run, in order to more 
accurately determine the volumes of water. The Santa Ana canal, 
as mentioned above, also diverts water from Santa Ana River above 
the station, but the greater part of it is returned to the channel of the 
stream before passing the point of measurement. 

It was found that this station could not be used during high water, 
and on January 1, 1901, observations were resumed at the old station 
and on Santa Ana Canal near the river station. 

From June 1 to December 31, 1901, and for the entire year 1902, 
except from February 26 to April 23, inclusive, the discharge of Santa 
Ana River was obtained by observations on the weirs at the head 
works of Green Spot i)ipe line. Highlands canal, and Redlands canal. 
The flow from Redlands tunnel and Morton Canyon was assumed to 
offset the loss by evaporation between the old gaging station and the 
mouth of the canyon. 

The drainage area used prior to 1902 was obtained from Land Office 
maps. Subsequently the Geological Survey completed its contour 



LIPPINCOTT.] 



SANTA ANA EIVER. 



281 



map of this basin and an area of 182 square miles above the gaging 
station was obtained therefrom and was accepted. 

Discharge measurements of Alder Creek, a branch of Santa Ana River, San 
Bernardino County. 



Hy drogr apher . 



Dis- 
charge. 



August 8,1897-._ 
August 31, 1897- _. 
November 14, 1897 

Aprill4,1900 

October 8, 1901.- -_ 



A. Q. Campbell . 

do 

J.B.Lippincott- 
S. G. Bennett - - - 
do 



Sec-feet. 

0.88 
1.00 
2.00 
1.90 



Discharge measurements of Santa Ana River above mouth of Bear Creek, San 
Bernardino County. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


July 27,1896 

August 31, 1897 


J. H. Quinton 

A.Q.Campbell 


Sec-feet. 
14.2 
17.9 


November 14, 1897 


J. B. Lippincott 


17.5 







The discharge of the streams of southern California was unusually 
low in September, 1898, and these measurements were made to deter- 
mine this minimum with its hourlj^ fluctuation. 

Discharge ^neasurements of Santa Ana River above mouth of Bear Creek. 
[Measurements by Edison Electric Company.] 



Date. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Date. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Sept. 15,1898: 

7 a.m 


Sec-feet. 
8.22 

8.22 
8.22 
8.22 
8.22 
8.22 
8.46 
8.10 
7.98 
7.86 
7.76 
7.48 
7.54 


Sept. 15, 1898— Continued. 
1.30 p.m - _ 


Sec-feet. 

7.12 


7.30 a.m _-. 


2p. m - -_ 


7.20 


8 a.m 

8.30 a.m 

9 a.m 

9.30 a.m - 

lOa.m 

10.30 a.m 

11 a.m 

11.30 a.m 

12 m . 


2.30p.m 

3 p. m 

3.30 p.m 

4 p.m 

4.30 p.m 

5 p.m 

5.30p.m 

6p.m 

6.30 p.m 


7.06 
6.92 
6.86 
6.66 
6.98 
6.44 
6.22 
6.22 
6.10 




12-hour mean 




12.30 p. m --...-- 




1 p.m 


7.43 



282 CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no.81. 

Discharge measurements of Santa Ana River, etc. — Continued. 



Date. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Date. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Sept. 15, 1898— Continued. 

7 p. m ._- 


Sec-feet. 

6.10 
6.10 
6.10 
6.02 
6.02 
6.02 
6.02 
6.02 
6.32 
6.96 
6.60 

6.66 
6.66 
6.86 
6.92 
7.06 
7.20 
7.32 
7.54 
7.66 
7.66 
7.86 
7.76 
7.76 


Sept. 16, 1898— Continued. 

1.30 p. m 

2p.m 

2.30 p.m . 

3 p. m 

3.30 p. m _ . --- 


Sec-feet. 

7.32 


7.30 p. m 


7.20 


8 p. m 


7.06 


8.30p. m 

9 p. m 

9.30 p. m 


6.86 
6.66 


4p.m 

4.30 p. m 


6.44 


10 p. m 


6.32 


10.30p.ni 

11 p. m 

11.30 p. m 


5 p. m 

5.30 p.m 

6 p. m . 


6.22 
6.10 
6.02 


12 midnight 


6.30 p. m 


6.02 


12-hour mean 




Sept. 16, 1898: 


7.23 


12.30 a. m 


7p.m... .. 

7.30 p.m 

8 p. m 




1 a. m 


6 20 


1.30 a. m_ _ ._ 


6 20 


2a. m 


6.20 


2.30 a. m ._ 

3 a. m.. . . - -. 


8.30 p.m 

9 p, m 


6.20 
5.76 


3.30 a. m 


9.30 p. m 


5.92 


4 a. m . _.. 


10 p. m 


5.92 


4.30 a. m . . 


10.30 p.m 

11 p. m 


6 02 


5 a. m ._. 


6.22 


5.30 a. m 


11.30 p. m . 

12 midnight 


6.32 


6 a. m - . - _ . 


6.32 


6.30 a. m 


Sept. 17, 1898: 

12.30 a. m 

1 a. m... 








12-hour mean 


6.80 


6.44 




7.76 
7.76 
8.10 
7.98 
8.04 
8.10 
7.82 
7.98 
7.86 
7.76 
7.48 
7.44 
7.32 


6.66 


7 a. m 


1.30 a. m 


6.76 


7.30 a.m 


2 a. m 


6.86 


8 a. m 


2.30 a. m . 

3 a. m 

3.30 a. m 




8.30 a. m 

9 a. m ... - 


6.92 
7.06 




7.20 


9.30 a. m 

10 a. m 


4 a. m -- 

4.30 a. m 

5 a. m 

5.30 a. m _ -- . 


7.32 


10.30 a. m 


7.32 


11 a. m.._ . . . 


7.54 




7.54 


11.30 a. m 


6 a. m 






7.66 


12 m . 


6.30 a. m . _ 






7.76 


12.30 p. m . ... 


12-hour mean. . 




1 p. m 


6.68 









i.ippincott] 



SANTA ANA RIVER. 



288 



Discharge measureme^its of Bear Creek above Santa Ana River, San Bernardino 

County. 

[Measurements by Edison Electric Co.] 



Date. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Date. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Sept. 15, 1898: 
7 a m 


Sec-feet. 
23.30 
23.30 
23.30 
25.94 
23.30 
23.30 
23.30 
23.10 
23.10 
22.84 
22.66 
22.66 
22.66 
22.66 
22.66 
22.66 
22.66 
22.44 
22.44 
22.44 
22.02 
22.02 
22.02 
21.80 


Sept. 16, 1898: 

12.30 a. m 


Sec-feet. 
19.74 


7 30 a m 


1 a. m . _-- 


19.74 


8 a. m --- 


1.30 a. m 

2 a.m 


19.54 


8 30 a. m 


19.34 


9 a m 


2.30 a. m 


19.14 


9.30 a. m 

10 a m 


3 a.m -- 

3.30 a.m 


18.72 
18.72 


10 30 a m 


4 a.m . 


18.32 


11 a m 


4.30 a.m 


18.32 


11 30 a m 


5 a, m 


18.12 


12 m 


5.30 a.m 

6 a.m 

6.30 a.m 


18.12 


12.30 p. m 

1 p. m 


17.92 
17.80 


12-hour mean 

7 a.m . 




1.30 p. m . 




2 p. m 

2.30 p. m 


19.84 


17.92 


3 p. m 

3.30 p. m 


7.30 a.m 


17.92 


8 a.m . . 


17.80 


4 D. m 


8.30 a.m 


16.94 


4.30 p. m 

5 p. m - 


9 a.m 

9.30 a.m 


17.34 

17.24 


5.30 p. in_ .... 


10 a.m 

10.30 a.m 


17.12 


6 p. m 

6.30 p. m 


17.12 


11 a.m 


16.84 


11.30 a. m 






22.86 


16.94 


12-hoiir mean 


12 m 

12.30 p. m - 


16.56 


7 p. m 

7.30 p. m. ._ 


21.60 
21.60 
21.60 
21.40 
21.06 
21.18 
20.98 
20.98 
20.78 
21.60 
19.94 


16.94 


1 p. m . 


16.76 


8 p. m.... 


1.30 p. m 


16.76 


8.30 p. m 

9 p. m 


2 D. m 


16.56 


2.30 p. m 


16.56 


9.30 p. m 

lOp. m. _ -_ 


3 p. m 

3.30 p. m 

4 p. m 

4. 30 p. m 


16. 56 
16.56 


10.30 p. m 


16.38 


11 p. TTI 


16.38 


11.30 p. in 


5 p. m 


16.38 


12 midnight ... 


5.30 p. m 


16.38 



284 



CALIFORNIA HYDEOGRAPHY. 

Discharge measurements of Bear Creek, etc. — Continued. 



[NO. 81. 



Date. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Date. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Sept. 16, 1898— Continued. 

6 p.m. 

6.30 p. m . ... 


Sec-feet. 
16.38 
16.38 


Sept. 17, 1898: 
12.30 a. m 


Sec-feet. 
16.38 


1 a. m .._ . _ _._ 


16.38 


1.30 a. m - - 






16.86 


16.38 


12-hour mean 


2a.m 

2.30 a. m_ . 


16.38 


7 p. m 


16.38 


16.38 


. 7.30p. m 16.28 

8p.m ._.J 16.28 


3 a. m 

3.30 a. m_.- 


16.38 
16. 38 


8.30p.m ! 16.28 


4 a. m 


16.38 


9 p. m 

9.30 p. m 

10 p. m 

10.30 p. m_.. 

11 p. m 


16.18 
16.38 
16.38 
16.38 
16.38 
16.38 
16.38 


4.30 a. m . 

5 a. m 

5.30 a. m .__, 

6 a. m 

6.30 a. m 


16.38 
16.38 
16.38 
16.38 
16.38 




12-hour mean 




11.30 p. m 


16.36 


12 midnight 







Discharge measurements of Bear Creek above Santa Ana River, San Bernardino 

County. 



Hy dr ographer . 



Dis- 
charge. 



July 27,1896 
Aug. 31,1897 
Nov. 14,1897 



J.H.Quinton.,. 
A. Q. Campbell _ 
J.B. Lippincott- 



Sec-feet. 
70.6 
54.3 
8.95 



Discharge measureinents of Green Spot Pipe Line, Santa Ana River, San Ber- 
nardino County. 



Hydrographer. 



1896. 
Nov. 21 

1898. 
Jan. 8 
Apr. 12 
Apr. 12 
Apr. 29 
June 12 
July 23 
Sept. 8 
Oct. 18 
Nov. 9 
Dec. 8 
Dec. 8 



J.B. Lippincott _ . 

J.B. Lippincott-- 
do :.. 



_-do 

._-do 

.__do : 

.-_do 

...do ._ 

.H.Olmsted ... 

...do 

...do 

...do 

rt Intake. 



Dis- 
charge. 



Sec-feet. 
0.40 



«1.88 

M.74 

2.94 

.63 

. 2.20 

0.00 

1.36 

.50 

.50 

&.15 



?' Outlet (lower end). 



LippiNCOTT.] SANTA ANA RIVEE. 285 

Discharge measurements of Green Spot Pipe Line, etc. — Continued. 



Hydrographer. 



S. G. Bennett . 

do _______ 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 



S. G. Bennett 

do 

W. W. Cockins, jr. 



. G. Bennett - 

..-do 

...do 

...do 

...do 

...do 

...do 

...do 



S. G. Bennett 

do 

do 

W. W. Clapp. 
S. G. Bennett 



a Intake. 



b Outlet (lower end) . 



286 



OALIFOENIA HYDEOGRAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



Estimated monthly discharge of Bear Valley Water, Green Spot Pipe Line, Santa 
Ana River, at head of Crafton ditch, San Bernardino County. 



Month. 



1897, 

August 

September 

October 1 to 21 . . 

1898 
April 

May 

June 

July . 

August 

September 

October . . 

November 

December _ . 

1899 
January 1 to 9 . . . 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 



Sec, -feet. 
21.5 
15.8 
13.2 

17.0 

17.2 

13.2 

9.1 

9.1 

8.2 

9.0 

10.0 

10.7 

11.0 
11.6 
12.2 

11.8 

11.2 

5.4 



1899, 

July .._ 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 

1900, 

January 

February . . 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 1 to 15 

August- 

September 

October . . . 

November 

December 



Mean dis- 
charge. 



Sec-feet. 
5.8 
5.8 
4.1 



9.5 



2.1 

2.5 

1.5 

2.3 

1.9 

.4 

1.1 













Estimated monthly discharge of Green Spot Pipe Line, Santa Ana River, at 
Headworks Weir, San Bernardino County. 



Month. 



Mean dis- 
charge. 



Mean dis- 
charge. 



1901 
June 

July 

August 

September 



Sec-feet. 
1.5 
2.3 
2.7 
5.5 



1901— Continued, 

October 

November 

December 



Sec-feet. 
5.7 
1.7 
1.2 



L.IPPINCOTT.1 



SANTA ANA EIVER. 



287 



Discharge measurements of Highlands or North Fork Canal at intake weir, Santa 
Ana River, San Bernardino County. 



Hydrographer. 



J. B. Lippincott . 

J. B. Lippincott - 

H. Crowe 

J. B. Lippincott . 

do 

do 

do 

F.H. Olmsted. __ 

do 

do 



S. G-. Bennett- 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 



S.G.Bennett 

do 

W. W. Cockins, jr . 



S. G. Bennett- 

do 

do 

do 

do 



S. G. Bennett - 
W.B.Clapp._ 

S.G.Bennett- 



(' "Water not going through weir basin; weir was being repaired. 



288 



CALIFORNIA HYDEOGEAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



Discharge measurements of Santa Ana River above Keller Creek, San Beriiardino 

County. « 

[Measureraents by Edison Electric Company.] 



Sept. 15, 1898: 

7 a. ni 

7.30 a. m . 

8 a. m .---- 

8.30 a. m 

9 a. m 

9.30 a. m 

10 a. m 

10.30 a. m 

11 a. m 

11.30 a. m 

12 m 

12.30 p. m 

1 p. m 

1.30 p. m 

2 p. m 

2.30 p. m 

3 p. m 

3.30 p. m 

4 p. m 

4.30 p. m 

5 p. m 

5.30 p. m 

6 p. m 

6.30 p. Ill 

12-hoTir mean 

7 p. m 

7.30 p. m 

8 p. m 

8.30 p. m . 

9 p. m... 

9.30 p. m..._ 

lOp.m 

10.30 p. m .. 

11 p. m 

11.30 p. m 

12 miidniglit 

a The discharge of the streams of 

and these measurements were made 
with its hourly fluctuation. 



Dis- 
charge. 



29.16 



29.30 

28. 22 
28.20 
28.20 
28.20 
28.20 
28.20 
28.20 
.28. 20 
28.20 
28.20 



Sept. 16, 1898: 
12.30 a. m . 

1 a. m 

1.30a. m._ 

2 a. m 

2.30 a. m _ . 

3 a. m 

3.30 a. m _ _ 

4 a. m 

4.30 a. m _ . 

5 a. m 

5.30a. m.. 

6 a. m 

6.30 a. m.. 



12-hour mean, 

7 a. m 

7.30 a. m 

8 a. m 

8.30 a. m 



J a. m. 



Sec.-feet. 

29.30 
30.44 
23.30 
30.44 
1.44 
30.44 
30.44 
30.44 
30.44 
30.44 
29.30 
29.30 
29.30 
29.30 
29.30 
29.30 
29.30 
28.20 
28.20. 
1.20 
28.20 9.30 a. m- 

28.20 10 a. m. 

28.20 10.30 a.m. 

29.30 11a.m. 

11.30 a. m _ 

12 m. 

12.30 p. m . 

1 p. m.- 
1.30 p. ni _ 

2 p. m_ 
2.30 p. 

3 p. m. 
3.30 p. m. 

4 p. m. 
4.30 p. m . 

5 p. m. 
5.30 p. m - 

southern California was unusually low in September, 1898. 
by the Edison Electric Company to determine this minimum 



LIPP1NCOTT-] SANTA ANA EIVER. 289 

Dificliarge measurements of Santa Ana River, etc. — Continued. 



Date. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Date. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Sept. 16, 1898— Contimied. 
6 p. m 


Sec-feet. 
21.80 
22.80 


Sept. 17, 1898: 

12.30 a. m 


Sec-feet. 
22.80 


6.30 p. m . 


1 a. m 


22.80 




1.30 a. m 






23.74 


23.86 


12-hour mean 


2 a. m 






23.86 


7 p. m . 


22.80 
22.80 
22.80 
23.86 
23.86 
22.80 
22.80 
22.80 
22.80 
22.80 
22.80 


2.30 a. m 


23.86 


7.30 p. m 


3 a. m 


23.86 


8 p. m 


3.30 a. m 


23.86 


8.30 p. m . 


4 a. m -- 


23.86 


9 p. m. __ 


4.30 a. m 


23.86 


9.30 p. m 


5 a. m 


23.86 


10 p. m 


5.30 a. m 


22.80 


10.30 p. m , 

11 p. m 


6 a. m 

6.30 a. m 

12-hour mean 


21.80 
22.80 


11.30 p. m 


23.20 


12 midnight 











Discharge measuremerits of Keller Creek, a tributary of Santa Ana River. 



Hydrographer. 



Dis- 
charge. 



1897. 
Nov. 14 

1900. 
Apr. 14 



A. Q. Campbell. 



S. G. Bennett. 



Sec-feet. 

1.00 



.67 



IRR 81—03 19 



290 CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no.81. 

Discharge yneasurements of Morton Canyo7i Water, tributary to Santa Ana River. 



Date. 



Hy drographer , 



Dis- 
charge. 



Apr. 12 
Apr. 29 
June 12 

1899. 
May 31 
June 15 
July 15 
Aug. 24 

1900. 
Apr. 14 
July 13 
Oct. 2 



J. B. Lippincott _ 

do 

do 



S. G. Bennett . 

do 

do 

do 



S. G. Bennett ..... 

do 

W. W. Cockins, jr . 



Sec. feet. 

0.20 

.20 

.12 

.23 
.17 
.12 
.11 



.12 



Discharge measurements of Redlands or South Fork canal iveir at Sand Box, 
tributary to Santa Ana River. 



Date. 


Hy drographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


18£ 
July 

Nov. 


6. 

29 

21 

8. 

8 

9 

12 

29 

12 

23 

8 

18 

9 

8 

9. 

12 

18 

23 

6 

31 

15 

27 

15 

24 


J. 
J. 

J. 
H 
J. 


H. Quinton 


Sec-feet. 
40.62 


B. Lippincott . 


12.00 


188 
Jan. 


B. Lippincott . 


21.32 


Mar 


Crowe.- . 


22.22 


Apr. 
Apr. 
June 


B. Lippincott 


16.70 


do - - . 


13.00 


..do 


18.40 


July 

Sept. 
Oct. 


F. 

S. 


..do 


15.00 


do 


15.40 


H.Olmsted . .. . 


7.26 


Nov 


.do 


10.20 


Dec. 


do 


12.00 


189 
Jan. 


G. Bennett -. .. 


15.10 


Feh 


do 


15. 70 


Mar. 


.do... 


17.00 


May 
May 
June 


do 


15.49 


do - 


14.67 


.do 


7.76 


June 


do - - - 


12.40 


July 
Aug. 


do _ 


12. 70 




..do - 


5.71 



LippiNcoTT.] SANTA ANA RIVER. 291 

Discharge measurements of Redlands or South Fork canal weir, etc. — Conf d. 



Date. 



Hydrographer. 



Dis- 
charge. 



1900. 
Apr. 14 
July 13 
Oct. 2 

1901. 
Mar. 30 
May 31 
July 6 
Aug. 20 
Oct. 8 
Dec. 5 

1902. 
July 10 
Sept. 3 
Nov. 5 



S.G-. Bennett 

do 

W. W. Cockins, jr 



S. G. Bennett _ 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 



S. G. Bennett _ 
W.B.Clapp... 
S. G. Bennett . . 



Sec-feet. 

12.10 

10.65 

6.25 

80.00 
19.60 
19.91 

16.75 
24.10 
14.27 

10.06 

14.60 

7.55 



Discharge measurements of Redlands or Bolea tunnel, tributary to Santa Ana 

River. 



Hydrographer. 



Dis- 
charge. 



1896. 
Nov. 21. 

1898. 
June 12 
Sept. 8 

1899. 
June 15 
July 15 
Aug. 24 

1900. 
Apr. 14 
July 13 
Oct. 2 

1901. 
July 6 
Dec. 5 

1902. 
July 10 



J. B. Lippincott - 

J. B. Lippincott - 
._._do 



S.G.Bennett. 

do 

do 



Sec. -feet. 

1.00 



1.24 

1.24 

.67, 

1.03 
1.10 



S. G. Bennett 

do 

W. W. Cockins, jr 



S. G. Bennett . 
do 



.do 



.84 
.85 



1.40 
.90 



.90 



292 CALIFOENIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no.81. 

Discharge measurements of Santa Ana Canal, San Bernardino County. « 



Hydrographer. 



J. B. Lippincott . 
J. H. Quinton _ _ _ 
J. B. Lippincott _ 

J. B. Lippincott. _ 

do 

do 

do 

A. Q. Campbell _ _ 
do 



_do . 
_do- 
.do . 
.do . 



A. Q. Campbell . 

do 

J. B. Lippincott - 

do 

do 

do., 

do 

F.H.Olmsted __ 

do 

do ... 



S. a. Bennett : 

do 

do 

._-_.do 

do . 

do ^. 

do - 

do 

do 

a For total flow of river and canal see Santa Ann River, total flow. 



LTPPTNcoTT.] SANTA ANA EIVER. 293 

Discharge measurements of Santa Ana Canal, etc. — Continued. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


1901. 
Mar. 80 


S.G.Bennett- _ _.. ._ ... 


Sec-feet. 

3.40 


Oct. 8 


do 


13. 20 


Dec. 5 


do 


9.70 


1902. 
May 31 


S. G. Bennett 


20.70 


July 10 


do -...._ . . 


18.5 


Sept. 3 


W.B.Clapp 


14.2 


Nov. 5 


S. G. Bennett 


12.7 









Ducharge measurements of Santa Ana River and Canal at Warm Spring, San 
Bernardino County. 



Date. 


Hydrograi^her. 


Gage 
height. 


Dis- 
charge. 


1896. 
Apr. 27 


J. A. Vogleson _ . . 


Feet. 


Sec. -feet. 

51.00 


July 25 


J. H. Quinton ._- - __. _ -.. 




75.00 


June 20 


J. B. Lippincott . 




"61.77 


Do_. 


do -- 




'>18.28 




Total _ 








80.05 


1896. 
Jaly 28 


J. H. Quinton -- _ 


1.29 




«59.72 


Do._ 


do 


M4.98 




Total 








74.70 




J. B. Lippincott 

do 


.98 




Nov. 21 
Do 


«31.68 
'>3.50 




Total 








35.18 




J. B. Lippincott - ._ .. _ 






Nov. 21 


^27.40 




J. B, Lippincott - - - , _ . . 






1897. 
Jan. 27 


«48.58 


Do_. 


do 




H.OO 




Total . 








47.58 




J. B. Lippincott 






Mar. 4 


« 100. 70 


Do-. 


do -... ..-- 




ft 5. 00 




Total 








105. 70 











Santa Ana Canal. 



Total flow at mouth of canyon. 



294 CALIFORNIA HYDEOGRAPHY. 

ft 
Discharge measurements of Santa Ana River and Canal, etc.- 



[NO. 81. 

-Continued. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


height. 


Dis- 
charge. 


1897. 
June 15 


J B Lippincott 


Feet. 
1.15 


Sec-feet. 
«63 74 


Do_, 


_ -do 


'>19.00 




Total 








82.74 




A. Q. Campbell 


1.20 




July 1 


«72.29 


Do_. 


.- .do 


b 18. 50 




Total 








90.79 




A. Q. Campbell 


1.1 




July 6 


«60.35 


Do__ 


....do ... 


'>11.02 




Total _ . . 








■ 71.37 




A. Q. Campbell 


1.32 




Aug. 8 


«56.28 


Do_. 


_do . 


&18.68 




Total - _ 








74.96 




A.Q.Campbell .. . 






Aug. 8 
Aug. 31 


'^'83.22 


do . 




t^78.10 


Do_. 


do 




^^78.37 


Sept. 30 


.do 




64.53 


Do 


do 


1.13 


«42.53 


Do. 


do 


^22.95 












Total - . - 


65.48 




1.25 




Nov. 14 
Do.. 


A.Q.Campbell 

do 


^i 39. 92 
?>7.29 




Total 










47.21 




J. B. Lippincott 


1.00 




1898. 
Jan. 8 


« 25. 56 


Do 


do - _ - 


&8.72 




Total .- _ - -. -. 




34.28 




H. Crowe 


1.05 




Mar. 9 


« 43. 78 


Do.. 


do 


&7.04 




Total 




50. 82 











a River. 

b Santa Ana Canal. 



'• Weil' above Santa Ana Canal intake, 
t'' Meter above Santa Ana Canal intake. 



LippiNCOTT.] SANTA ANA RIVER. 295 

Discharge 7tieasurements of Santa Ana River and Canal, etc. — Continued. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Gage 
height. 


Dis- 
charge. 


1898. 
Mar. 9 


H.Crowe .. . .. . -.- 


Feet. 


Sec-feet. 

« 68. 01 


Apr. 11 
Do 


J. B. Lippincott 

do 


.98 


&31.61 

^^7.67 




Total 








39.28 




J. B. Lippincott.. .. 


.90 




Apr. 29 
Do.,. 


& 29. 67 


do 


^ 12. 66 




Total 








42.33 




J. B. Lippincott 

do .. .. .. 


1.10 




June 12 
Do._. 


&35.14 
<'3.92 




Total ... 








39.06 




J. B. Lippincott 

do 


1.10 




July 23 
Do . . . 


&42.22 
<^5.34 




Total 








47.56 




J. B. Lippincott . ... 


1.05 




Sept. 8 


?>35.01 


Do... 


do 


^1.66 




■ 
Total 








36.67 




F. H. Olmsted 


.95 




Oct. 18 


6 22.78 


Do 


do 


^7.92 




Total - 








30.70 




F. H. Olmsted 


1.10 
1.13 

1.07 




Nov. 9 


^21.78 


Dec. 8 


do .... 


«f24.74 




S. G. Bennett 




1899. 
Jan. 12 


6 38.00 


Do-._ 


.do . 


^0 




Total . . 








38.00 




S. G. Bennett 


''2.16 




Feb. 18 


6 28.04 


Do... 


do ... 


^4.00 




Total . - 








32.04 




S. G. Bennett 

do --... 


2.30 




Mar. 23 
Do... 


6 29.62 
^7.60 




Total 








37.22 











« Above Santa Ana Canal intake. 

i* River. 

<-' Canal. 

<i Total water from Santa Ana Canal wasted above gaging station. 

«New rod. 



296 CALIFORNIA HYDKOGRAPHY. [no. 81. 

Discharge measurements of Santa Ana River and Canal, etc. — Continued. 



Date. 


Hy drographer . 


Gage 
height. 


Dis- 
charge. 


1899. 

May 6 
Do - 


S. G. Bennett 

-do - - 


Feet. 
2. 45 


Sec-feet. 

«25.84 

&3.40 




Total 








29.24 




S. G. Bennett . . . _ _ 


2.27 




May 31 


«21.00 


Do 


do 


&1.10 




Total 








22.10 




S. G. Bennett 

do . -_ _ _ 


2.21 




June 15 
Do 


«19.60 
&.20 




Total 








19.80 




S. G. Bennett 


2.30 




July 15 
Do 


«25.90 


do . . 


&0 


July 27 
Do 


do -- 


2.3 


«23.55 


do 


&0 


Aug. 24 
Do 


do _-- - 


1.85 


« 10. 86 


do - 


&0 


1900. 

Apr. 14 

Do 


S. G. Bennett _ ,_ 


2'. 25 


«22.66 


do 


&0 


July 18 
Do 


S.G, Bennett 




«22.30 


do 




&0.0 


Nov 20 


do 


n.70 


« 102. 00 


Do 


_do 


60.0 


1901. 
Feb. 5 


S. G. Bennett 


1.65 
1.80 
1.70 

1.35 


^101.00 


Feb 23 


do 


^110.00 


Mar. 4 


do 


^U02.00 




do . . 

do - 




Mar. 30 
Do 


«40.60 
&3.40 




Total 








44.00 




S G Bennett 


1.15 




July 6 
Do 


«26.10 


do 


n3.20 




Total 








39.30 


Do 


S. G. Bennett 




^36.90 




Total 




/1. 40 




35.50 


•Aug. 20 
Do 


S. G. Bennett . _ _ . 


1.24 


^3.80 
«30.78 


do 


ftO.O 















a River. d Total flow. 

& Canal. e Total for canals at mouth of canyon, 

Old rod. including tunnel water. 



/ Less tunnel water. 
cLoss from "Warm Spring to 
mouth of canyon, 



LiPPTNcoTT.] SANTA ANA EIVER. 297 

Discharge tneasurements of Santa Ana River and Canal, etc. — Continued. 



Date. 


H y dr ograplier . 


Gage 
heiglit. 


Dis- 
charge. 


1901. 
Oct. (S 


S. G. Bennett 


Feet. 
1.25 


Sec-feet. 

« 32. 00 


Do 


,.do. .... _ - 


&13.20 




Total 








45.20 




S. G. Bennett. 


1.03 




Dec. 5 


« 14. 00 


Do 


do 


&9.70 




Total 








23.70 




S. G. Bennett . . 


1.39 




1902. 
Apr. 5 
Do 


«51.00 


do 


&4.20 




Total . . . 








55.20 




S. G. Bennett 


.91 




May 31 
Do.. 


«8.30 


,._..do _. 


& 20. 70 




Total 








29.00 




S. G. Bennett . : : 


.84 




July 10 


«5.00 


Do 


do 


& 18. 50 




Total 








23.50 




W. B. Clapp 


.95 




Sept. 3 
Do 


« 10. 00 


do 


& 14. 20 




Total _ 








24.20 




S. G. Bennett 


.87 




Nov. 5 


«5.30 


Do 


- do 


^12.70 




Total 








18.00 











298 



CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



Discharge measurements of Santa Ana River at Warm Spring, San Bernardino 

County. 



Hydrographer. 



Q-age 
height. 



Dis- 
charge. 



1896. 
June 20 
July 38 
Nov. 21 

1897. 
Jan. 27 
Mar. 4 
June 15 
July 1 
July 6 
Aug. 8 
Sept. 30 
Nov. 14 

1898. 
Jan. 8 
Mar. 9 
Apr. 11 
Apr. 29 
June 12 
July 23 
Sept. 8 
Oct. 18 
Nov. 9 
Dec. 8 

1899. 
Jan. 12 
Feb. 18 
Mar. 23 
May 6 
May 31 
June 15 
July 15 
July 27 
Aug. 24 

1900. 
Apr. 14 
May 5 
July 13 
Nov. 20 
Nov. 22 



J.B.Lippincott. 
J. H. Quinton . . 
J. B. Lippincott. 



J. B. Lippincott - 

do 

do 

A. Q. Campbell _ . 

do 

do 

do 

do 



A. Q. Campbell- 

H. Crowe 

J. B. Lippincott . 

do .. 

do 

do 

...._do 

F.H.Olmsted __ 

do 

do 



S. G. Bennett- 

do 

do 



.do. 
_do. 
.do. 



-do. 
.do. 
-do. 



S. G. Bennett . 

do 

do 

do 

do 

«New rod. 



Sec-feet. 

61.77 
59.72 
31.68 



1.15 
1.20 
i.ll 
1.32 
1.13 
1.25 

1.00 

1.05 

.98 

.90 

1.10 

1.10 

1.05 

.95 

1.10 

1.13 

1.07 
«2.16 
2.30 
2.45 
2.27 
2.21 
2.30 
2.30 
1.85 

2.25 
2.20 



M.70 



LTPPiNCOTT] SANTA ANA RIVER. 299 

Discharge measurevLents of Santa Ana River at Warin Spring, etc. — Continued. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Gage 
height. 


Dis- 
charge. 


1901. 




Feet. 


Sec-feet. 


Mar 4 


S Or Bennett - - 


1.70 
1.35 


102. 20 


Mar. 30 


do - 


40.60 


Feb. 5 


__-..do 


1.65 


101.00 


Feb. 23 


do 


1.80 


110.00 


July 6 


do 


1.15 


26.11 


Aug. 20 


do 


1.24 


80.78 


Oct. 8 


do 


1.25 


32.00 


Dec. 5 


S. G. Bennett - - - 


1.03 


14.0 


1902. 






May 31. 


S. G. Bennett 


.91 


8.3 


July 10 
Sept. 3 


_ . .do 


.84 


5.0 


W.B.Clapp 


.95 


10.0 


Nov. 5 


S. G. Bennett 


.87 


5.8 









Discharge measurements of Santa Ana River, Alsetrez ditch, in vicinity of Cotton 
and Riverside, San Bernardino and Riverside counties. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


1900. 
Oct. 25 


K. Sanborn 


Sec-feet. 

1.53 


1902. 
Sept. 29 


K. Sanborn 


1.96 







Discharge measurements of Evans lower ditch, Riverside County, 



Date. 



Hydrographer. 



Dis- 
charge. 



- 1898. 
June 19 
Aug. 28 

1899. 
Aug. 30 

1900. 
July 27 
Oct. 25 

1902. 
Sept. 29 



F.H.Olmsted 
do 

S. G. Bennett . 

S. G. Bennett . 
K. Sanborn. .. 

K.Sanborn. .. 



Sec-feet. 
5.68 

4.87 

4.48 

5.27 
4.36 

5.35 



300 CALIFOENIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no. 81. 

Discharge measurements of Evans upper ditch, Riverside County. 



Date. 


Hy drographer . 


Dis- 
charge. 


1900. 
July 27 
Oct. 25 


S. G.Bennett ... . .. 


Sec-feet. 

1.04 


K.Sanborn.. . 


3.32 


1901. 
Aug. 30 


J. B. Lippincott ... 


1.88 


1902. 
Sept. 29 
Sept. 29 


K. Sanborn .... 


« 2. 17 


do : '_ 


^'.58 







a. At north line Riverside County. 



1} One mile south of north line Riverside County. 



Estimated monthly discharge of Santa Ana River at Warm Spring, San 

Bernardino County, exclusive of Santa Ana canal. 

[Drainage area, 188 square miles.] 



Discharge. 



Minimum. Mean. 



Per 

square 

mile. 



Depth. 



1896. 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 



Second-feet. 

76 

88 
77 
170 
52 
40 



Second-feet. 

48 
33 

27 
38 
30 



Sec-feet. 
63 
57 
55 
55 
«33 
«35 



Acre-feet. 

3,891 
3,492 
3,289 
3,887 
1,989 
2,176 



Sec-feet. 

0.34 
.30 
.29 
.29 
.17 
.19 



Inches.^ 

0.39 
.35 
.32 
.83 
.19 
.22 



1897 

January 

February ... 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September _. 

October 

November . . . 
December . . . 



101 

580 

460 

186 

101 

67 

85 

80 

61 

250 

52 

30 



27 
72 
64 
101 
29 
57 
57 
84 
88 
25 
34 
22 



62 

181 

119 

146 

61 

63 

67 

57 

47 

42 

«88 

«26 



3, 886 
10, 060 
7,317 
8,675 
3,769 
3,787 
4,119 
3,505 
2,779 
2,582 
2,261 
1,610 



0.33 



.78 
.38 
.33 
.36 
.30 
.25 
.22 
.20 
.14 



0.38 
1.00 
.72 
.87 
.38 
.87 
.41 
.35 
.28 
.25 
.22 
.16 



The year . 



580 



22 



76 



54, 250 



5.39 



aThe reduced flow of November and December is due to closing the Bear Valley dam. 



LIPPINCOTT.] 



SANTA ANA RIVER. 



301 



Estimated 7nonthly discharge of Santa Ana River at Warm Spring, San 
Bernardino County, etc. — Continued. 



1898. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May - 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December _ _ . _ 

The year 

1901. 

January 

February _ . . . . 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 

The year 



Discharge. 



Second-feet. 
58 
76 
40 
34 
149 
58 
53 
58 
45 
36 
34 
28 



149 



600 

540 

114 

107 

68 

44 

42 

200 

60 



600 



Minimum. Mean. 



Second-feet. 
33 
33 
25 
28 
26 
36 
33 
33 
28 
19 
18 



18 



Sec-feet. 
40 
40 
32 
31 
55 
44 
41 
41 
36 
26 
22 



36 



78 
194 
68 
43 
42 
37 
38 
50 
49 
48 
96 
24 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Acre-feet. 

2,460 
2,221 
1,968 
1,845 
3,382 
2,618 
2,521 
2,521 
2, 142 
1,599 
1,309 
1, 353 



25, 939 



4, 

10, 

4, 



796 
774 
181 
559 
582 
202 
337 
074 
916 
951 
547 
476 



41,395 



Sec-feet. 
0.21 
.21 
.17 
.16 
.29 
.23 
.22 
.22 
.19 
.14 
.12 
.12 



.19 



0.41 
1.03 
.36 
.23 
.22 
.20 
.20 
.27 
.26 
.26 
.14 
.13 

.31 



302 



CALIFOENIA HYDROGEAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



Estiviated monthly discharge of Santa Ana canal at Warm Spring, San Ber- 
nardino County. 
[Drainage area, 188 square miles.] 





Discharge. 


Total dis- 
charge. 


Run-off. 


Month. 


Maximum. 


Minimum. 


Mean. 


Per 
square 
mile. 


Depth. 


1896. 
July . 


Sec-feet. 


Sec-feet. 


Sec-feet. 
14 
14 
14 

16 
3.5 
4.2 


Acre-feet. 

861 
861 
833 
984 
2,083 
2, 582 


Sec-feet. 
0.07 
.07 
.07 
.09 
.02 
.02 


Inches. 
0.08 


August 






.08 


September 






.08 


October 






.10 


November . . _ . . 






.02 


Df^nftmbf^r 






.02 










1897. 
January . 


8.5 

6 

6 

12 

20 
19 

18.5 
20 


3.2 


.5 



10.6 
17.4 


5.6 

4 

5.2 

3.8 
15 

16.6 
15.6 
18.3 
20 
12.4 


344 
222 
320 
226 
922 
988 
960 
1,125 
1,190 
762 
417 
430 


0.03 
.02 
.03 

.02 
.08 
.09 
.08 
.10 
.11 
.07 
.04 
.04 


0.03 


February ... 


.02 


March _ 


.03 


April 


.02 


May . 


.09 


June - 


.10 


July- 


.09 


August .... 


.12 


September 


.12 


October 






.08 


November 






.04 


December 






.04 










The year 






10.9 


7,906 


.06 


.78 










1898. 
January 






9 

8 
8 
8 
6 
4 
■ 2 
2 
2 





553 

444 

492 

476 

369 

238 

123 

123 

119 








0.05 

.04 

.04 

.04 

.03 

.02 

.01 

.01 

.01 








0.06 


February 






.04 


March 






.04 


April 






.04 


May 






.03 


June . _ 






.02 


July 

August 






.01 
.01 


September 






.01 


October 









November 









December 

















The year 






4 


2,937 


.02 


.26 










1901. 
March ... 


6 

4.62 

4.62 






3.8 


2.71 
2.34 
3.96 


167 
139 
243 


0.01 
.01 
.01 


0.01 


April . 


.01 


May 


.01 



LIPPINCOTT.] 



SANTA ANA RIVER. 



303 



Estimated monthly discharge of Santa Ana River and canals at Warm Spring, 

San Bernardino County, <^ 

[Drainage area, 188 square miles.] 



1896. 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 



1897 

January 

February _ _ . 

March .. 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September . . 

October 

November. -. 
December . . . 



The year . 

1898. 

January . . 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 



The year _ 



Discharge. 



Maximum. Minimum. 



Sec-feet. 



104 
585 
465 
190 
113 

86 
102 
100 

81 
270 

59 

38 



585 



Sec.-feet. 



35 

77 
70 
113 
48 
60 
70 
54 
58 
45 
40 
29 



29 



Sec.-feet. 

77 
71 
69 
71 
37 
39 



68 

185 

124 

150 

76 

80 

83 

75 

67 

54 

45 

33 



40 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Acre-feet. 

4,753 

4, 353 
4,124 
4,372 

2,148 
2, 435 



4,179 
10, 282 
7,637 
8,899 
4,690 
4,723 
5,077 
4, 628 
3,968 
3,347 
2,678 
2, 040 



Per 
square 
mile. 



Sec-feet. 

0.41 
.38 
.37 
.38 
.19 
.21 



.80 
.41 
.42 
.44 
.40 
.35 
.29 
.24 
.18 



62,148 I 



2,987 
2,688 
2,448 
2,333 
3,727 
2,840 
2,625 
2,653 
2,223 
1,581 
1,285 
1,364 

28, 754 



0.26 
.26 
.21 
.21 
.32 
.25 
.23 
.23 
.20 
.14 
.12 
.12 



a Total flow. 



304 

Estimated 



CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



discharge of Santa Ana River and canals at Warm Spring, 
San Bernardino County — Continued. 



1899. 

January ._. 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 

The year 

1900. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 

The year 



Discharge. 



Maximum. Minimum.. Mean. 



Sec-feet. 

34 
34 

48 
34 
27 
34 
29 
19 
12 
19 
49 
36 



49 



36 



43 
250 
25 
25 
12 
16 
16 
1,564 
31 



1,564 



Sec-feet. 
22 
27 
24 
22 
19 
19 
19 
11 
10 
12 
17 
18 



10 



\-feet. 
26 
27 
32 
25 



22 



23 

22 
23 
25 
57 
22 
19 
11 
12 
14 
107 
28 



30 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Acre-feet. 
1,593 
1,516 
1,949 
1,458 
1,365 
1,315 
1,371 
782 
690 
1,015 
1,268 
1,427 



15, 749 



1,414 

1,222 

1,414 

1,488 

3,505 

1,309 

1,168 

676 

714 

861 

6,367 

1,722 



21,860 



Sec-feet. 

0.14 
.15 
.17 
.13 
.12 
.12 
.12 
.07 
.06 
.09 
.11 
.12 



.12 



0.12 
.12 
.12 
.13 
.30 
.12 
.10 
.06 
.06 
.07 
.57 
.15 



.16 



LIPPINOOTT.] 



SANTA ANA RIVER. 



305 



Estimated monthly discharge of Santa Ana River and canals at War7n Spring, 
San Bernardino County — Continued. 



Discharge 



Maximum. Minimum. 



1901. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 

The year _ 

1902. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

Decembei 

The year . 



Sec-feet. 

■ 600 
540 
114 
107 
68 
44 
42 
200 
60 



25 



600 



45 
240 
485 
71 
45 
47 
32 
30 
29 
55 
43 
27 



Sec-feet. 
31 
48 
45 
39 
35 
30 
34 
31 
42 
24 
22 
21 



Sec.feet. 

78 
194 
68 
43 
42 
37 
38 
50 
49 
48 
26 
24 



21 



Acre-feet. 
4,796 
10, 774 
4,181 
2,559 
2,582 
2,202 
2,337 
3,074 
2,916 
2,951 
1,547 
1,476 



Sec-feet. 

0.41 
1.03 
.36 
.23 
.22 
.20 
.20 
.27 
.26 
.26 
".14 
.13 



41,^95 



1,476 

2,110 
4,858 
3,035 
2,214 
1,964 
1,599 
1,537 
1,428 
2,460 
1,428 
1,353 



.31 



0.13 
.21 
.43 
.28 
.20 
.18 
.14 
.14 
.13 
.22 
.13 
.12 



485 



19 



35 



25, 462 



.19 



IRR 81—08- 



-20 



306 OALIFOENIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no. 81. 

Discharge measurements of Santa Ana River at head of Gage canal. « 



1898. 
June 29 
June 80 
Sept. 21 



Hy drograplier . 



W. Irwin 

J. B. Lippincott 

...._do _: 

do 



Dis- 
charge. 



Sec-feet. 
2, 000. 00 

1.16 

27.42 
25 66 



«See San Bernardino Valley, G-age canal. 

&Flood. Since that time floods as great as 4,000 second-feet have been observed. 

Discharge measurements of Jurupa Canal. 



Hy drographer . 



Dis- 
charge. 



June 18 

July 1 

Aug. 27 

Sept. 22 

May 31 

July 15 

1899. 
Aug. 24 
July 26 

1900. 
July 27 
Oct. 19 



F.H.Olmsted : 

J. B. Lippincott and K, Sanborn 

F.H.Olmsted 

J. B. Lippincott 

S.G.Bennett 

do 

S. G. Bennett 

do 

G. S. Bennett 

K. Sanborn 



Sec-feet. 

13.83 
7.11 

10.18 
5.41 
6.74 

13.14 

"4.28 
«5.11 

14.42 
14.05 



a Submerged flume above Colton bridge. 
Discharge measurement of Santa Ana River below Jurupa ditch. 



Date. 


Hy drographer . 


Dis- 
charge. 


June 17,1898 


F . H. Olmsted 


Sec-feet. 

9.74 




, 





Discharge measurements of Santa Ana River below Roubidoux, Evans Upper, and 
Trujillo ditches. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


July 27,1900 
Oct. 25, 1900 


S. G. Bennett 


Sec-feet. 
0.44 


K.Sanborn _ ,_ . ... .... 


.56 









LIPPINCOTT.] 



SANTA ANA BIVER. 



307 



Discharge measurements of Santa Ana River in vicinity of Colton and Riverside, 
San Bernardino and Riverside Coiinties. 



KIVERSIDE WATER COMPANY'S LOWER CANAL. 



Date. 


Hydrograplier. 


Dis- 
charge. 


June —,1898 


K. Sanborn, . 


Sec-feet. 

10.27 


Sept. —,1898 
Mar. —,1899 


do 


7.70 


do .... 


16.20 


June —,1899 


do . 


9.09 


Aug. —,1899 
Mar — 1900 


do 


7.38 


do 


8.00 


June — 1900 


K. Sanborn 


7.16 


Sept. —,1900 
June 17,1898 


do -- --- - - _-- 


6.69 


F.H.Olmsted ._ . . 


9.27 


June 18 1898 


do 


11.27 




S.G.Bennett .- - .... . __ _ 




July 27,1900 
Aug. 30,1901 
Sept. 30,1902 


« 10. 27 
7.13 


J, B. Lippincott ..- . . -__ - 


M.52 


K. Sanborn 


3.07 







RIVERSIDE WATER COMPANY'S UPPER CANAL.^^ 



Aug. 30, 1899 S. G. Bennett . 
July 26,1900 do 



'1 57. 4 
'U3.3 



ROUBIDOUX DITCH. 



June 19,1898 


F. H. Olmsted . _ . . 


8.94 


Aug. 28,1898 


do 


8.50 


July 27,1900 


S. G. Bennett 


8.18 


Oct. 25, 1900 


K. Sanborn 


7.80 


Aug. 30,1901 


J. B. Lippincott 


8.75 


Sept. 30,1902 


K.Sanborn .. _. 


7.19 







SANTA ANA RIVER 1^ MILES BELOW INTAKE OV HIVERSTDK WATER C^OMFANY'S LOWER CANAL. 



Aug. 27,1898 



F. H. Olmsted - 



0.50 



"Mean for June 17 and 18. 

^ One-fourth of a mile below headworks; 0.4 second- feet wasted below point of measurement 
into river for Roubidoux Canal. 
«See also Riverside Water Company s upper canal, under San Beruardino "Valley, 
din flume above tunnel near Riverside Mesa. 



308 



CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



Discharge ineasurevients of Santa Ana River in vicinity of Colto7i and 
Riverside, etc. — Continued. 

SPRING BKOOK BELOW WEST RIVERSIDE BRIDGE. 



June 19,1898 
Aug. 28,1898 
July 28,1900 
Aug. 30,1901 
Aug. 28,1898 
Oct. 25, 1900 



Hydrographer. 



F. H. Olmsted... 

do 

S. G.Bennett.-.. 
J. B. Lippincott . 
F. H. Olmsted... 
K. Sanborn 



Dis- 
charge. 



Sec-feet. 

2.92 

. 1.27 

2.77 

2.08 

«3.85 

-.^8.45 



July 80,1900 
Aug. 30,1901 



SANTA ANA RIVER BELOW WEST RIVERSIDE BRIDGE. 



S. G-. Bennett.-- - 
J. B. Lippincott . 



1.16 
1.19 



SANTA ANA RIVER AT GALLIGBRS FORD, 3 MILKS BELOW WEST RIVERSIDE BRIDGE 



Aug. 30,1899 



S. G. Bennett - 



5.6 



a Santa Ana River, West Riverside Bridge. 
Discharge measurements of Trujillo ditch, tributary to Santa Ana. 



July 27,1900 
Oct. 25,1900 



Hydrographer 



S. G. Bennett . 
K. Sanborn.. _ 



Dis- 
charge. 



Sec feet, 

0.46 
.53 



Discharge measurement of Santa Ana River 1,000 feet below Roubidoux ditch 

intake. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Oct. 25,1900 


K. Sanborn ... - . 


Sec. feet. 
0.56 



LIPPINCOTT.] 



SANTA ANA EIVER. 



309 



Discharge measurements of Santa Ana River in vicinity of Rincon, Riverside 

County. 



ANAHEIM UNION CANAL. 



Hydrographer. 



Dis- 
charge. 



June 22,1898 
Sept. 15,1899 
Oct. 26,1899 
Aug. 15,1900 
Sept. 3,1900 
Aug. 31,1901 



F.H. Olmsted ._ 
J.B.Lippincott, 

do 

W.P.Searcy ... 

do 

do 



Sec-feet. 

U.I A: 

27.92 
17. U 
18.37 
18.22 
23.11 



5 miles below division box. 
1 mile below Esperanza. 



SANTA ANA RIVER AT AUBURNDALE BRIDGE. 



July 17, 
Aug. 22, 
Sept. 15, 
Aug. 14, 
Sept. 28, 
Aug. 13, 
Sept. 10, 
Sept. 11, 
June 21, 
Aug. 30, 
Sept. 12, 
July 28, 
Oct. 5, 
Aug. 27, 
Aug. 31, 



1888 



1889 
1889 
1890 
1891 
1892 
1898 
1899 
1899 
1900 
1900 
1901 
1901 



F.C.Finkle 

do 

do 

do 

do .... 

do 

do 

do 

F.H.Olmsted 

S. G. Bennett 

J. B. Lippincott 

S. G. Bennett 

W. W.Cockins, jr 

J. B. Lippincott 

do 



14.6 


13.3 


14.2 


15.6 


16.7 


22.3 


25.6 



43.4 

60.00 

53.10 

59. 83 

54.45 

69.70 

43.70 

28.54 



Including ditches. 
Do. 

Do. 
Do. 
Above Roberts ditch. 
Do. 



CASTILLO DITCH BELOW RIVERSIDE NARROWS. 


Aug. 30,1901 


J. B. Lippincott 


1.19 








CHINO CREEK NEAR RINCON. 





Aug. 30,1898 
May 2, 1899 
May 15,1899 
Jime 3, 1899 
June 15,1899 
July 4. 1899 
July 17,1899 



F.H.Olmsted 

F.Rolfe 

.:...do 



.do . 
.do 
.do 
do . 



4.95 
12.79 
8.64 
17.02 
5.63 
3.02 
4.68 



310 



CALIFOENIA HYDROGRAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



Discharge measurements of Santa Ana River in vicinity of Rincon, etc. — Cont'd. 

CHINO CREEK NEAR RINCON— continued. 



Hydrographer. 



Dis- 
charge. 



Aug. 1,1899 
Aug. 15,1899 
Aug. 31,1899 
Sept. 13,1899 
Oct. 25,1899 
Apr. 17,1900 
June 34,1900 
July 7, 1900 
July 28,1900 
Aug. 15,1900 
Sept. 3, 1900 
Oct. 5, 1900 
Aug. 31,1901 



Sec-feet. 
7.49 
2.14 
3.19 
3.53 

do 14.52 

W.P.Searcy -..- 8.79 



F.Rolfe 

do 

do 

J. B. Lippincott_ 



do 

do 

S. G. Bennett 

W.P.Searcy 

do 

W. W.Cockins, jr . 
J. B. Lippincott 



3.97 

2.09 

2.20 

1.08 

0.0 

5.00 

2.80 



DIVISION BOX SANTA ANA AND ANAHEIM CANALS. 



June 22, 


1898 


Aug. 30, 


1898 


Aug. 30, 


1899 


Sept. 15, 


1899 


Oct. 25, 


1899 


July 28, 


1900 


Oct. 5, 


1900 


Aug. 27, 


1901 


Aug. 31 


1901 



F. H. Olmsted 

..._.do 

S.G. Bennett 

J. B. Lippincott _ _ 

do ....__ 

S. G. Bennett 

W. W.Cockins, jr 
J. B. Lippincott.-. 
do 



67.5 
52.9 
59.6 

71.7 
144.7 
49.7 
75.1 
64.5 
55.4 



DURKEE DITCH. 



Sept. 3, 1899 
Sept. 13, 1899 
July 28,1900 
Aug. 27. 1901 
Aug. 31, 1901 



J. B. Lippincott . 

do 

S. G. Bennett . _ _ 
J. B. Lippincott - 
do 



1.38 
6.14 

1.80 
3.98 

8.24 



Near ranch house. 
Newberry east line. 
At ranch house. 



SANTA ANA RIVER, OPPOSITE ESPERANZA STATION. 



Oct. 26, 1899 J. B. Lippincott _ 



9.2 



LTPPINCOTT.] 



SANTA ANA RIVER. 



311 



Discharge measurements of Santa Ana River in vicinity of Bincon, etc. — Cont'd. 

FULLER DITCH. 



Hy drographer . 



Dis- 
cliarge. 



July 28,1900 

Oct. 5, 1900 

Aug. 30,1901 

Do 



W. W. Cockins, jr . 

J. B. Lippincott 

do 



Sec-feet. 
13.00 

6.50 
9..69 
7.15 



Said by Fuller to be carrying 
this amount at intake. 



Near intake. 

At Fuller's ranch house. 



SANTA ANA RIVER, ABOVE FULLER'S BITCH. 




Aug. 30,1901 


J. B. Lippincott 


24.34 


Intake. 


GILLILAND'S DITCH, AUBURNDALE BRIDGE. 


July 28,1900 


S. G. Bennett 


1.40 




Discharge measurement of Santa Ana River, Newberry's east line. 


■ 
Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Remarks. 


Aug. 31,1901 


J. B. Lippincott 


Sec-feet. 
40.7 




Discharge measurements of Newberry ditch. 



July 28,1900 
Aug. 27,1901 
Aug. 31,1901 



Hydrographer . 



S. G. Bennett . . . 
J. B. Lippincott- 
do 



Dis- 
charge. 



Sec-feet. 

5.47 
3.05 
3.23 



At Auburndale bridge. 
At head. 
Do. 



Discharge measurement of Newton ditch, below Narrows. 


Date. 


Hydrographer. • 


Dis- 
charge. 


Remarks. 


Aug. 30,1901 


J. B. Lippincott 


Sec-feet. 

7.04 





312 



CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



Discharge measurements of Santa Ana River 1 mile heloiv railroad bridge, 
Rincon, Cal. 



Date. 


Hy drographer . 


Dis- 
charge. 


Remarks. 


1898. 
June 21 


F.H.Olmsted 


Sec-feet. 

^79.81 

&3.18 




Do - 


_. .do - - 






Total 






82.99 






F.H.Olmsted 




Aug. 29 
Do-__ 


«62. 67 

&4.15 




.do . .... 






Total 






66.82 






S. Gr. Bennett . 




1899. 
Jan. 3 


«209. 4 
^'2.3 




Do 


do 






Total 

F.Rolfe 






211.7 




Jan. 16 


231.9 






do 

do 




Jan. 28 
Do___ 


«216.0 
&6.5 






Total 

F.Rolfe 






222.5 




Feb. 15 


«181.0 
cl.75 




Do 


do ... 






Total 

F. Rolfe total.. 

do do._- 

do 






182.75 




Mar. 4 
Mar. 18 
Apr. 6 


108.6 
199.89 
172. 23 

480. 72 




Total 






F.Rolfe. ... 




April 18 
Do 


«101.10 

&2.75 


One mile below railroad bridge. 


do 






Total 

F. Rolfe 






. 103. 85 




May 2 
Do 


«100. 34 
&2.45 




do 






Total 

F. Rolfe 






102. 79 




May 15 
Do 


«100. 36 
&3.95 




. do 






Total 






104. 31 





mppiNCOTT] SANTA ANA RIVER. 313 

Discharge measurements of Santa A^ia River, etc. — Continued. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Remarks. 


June 3 


F. Rolfe 


Sec-feet. 

« 110. 27 

&3.18 




Do.. 


-do 






Total 






113.45 






F. Rolfe 

do 




June 15 
Do 


« 84. 43 
&1.94 






Total _ --_ 






86.37 






F. Rolfe -..: 




July 4 
Do 


«68.89 
ft 2. 42 




do 






Total 






71.31 






S. G. Bennett and F. 
Rolfe. 
do 




July 16 
Do.. 


«101.41 
&1.89 






Total - 






103.30 






S. G. Bennett and F. 
Rolfe. 
.-do 




Do.. 
Do-. 


«87.89 
&1.65 






Total 






89.54 






F.Rolfe 

do 




July 18 
Do-. 


«64.13 
^'1.54 


One mile below railroad bridge. 




Total 






65.67 






F.Rolfe 

do 




Aug. 1 
Do.. 


« 57. 82 
& 8. 44 






Total 

F.Rolfe 

do ... 






61.26 




Aug. 15 
Do.. 


«64.71 
&3.16 






Total 

F. Rolfe 






67.87 




Aug. 30 


« 65. 90 
ft 2. 00 




Do.. 


do 






Total 

F.Rolfe 






67.90 




Aug. 31 


« 68. 02 
6 3.06 


Do. 


Do-. 


. do 






Total .. 






71.08 
« 72. 73 

90.86 




Sept. 13 

1900. 
Apr. 16 


J. B. Lippincott 

S. G. Bennett _. 


Do. 
Do. 



314 CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no.81. 

Discharge measurements of Santa Ana River at Bincon wagon bridge. 



Hy drographer . 



Dis- 
charge. 



1899. 
Sept. 13 
Oct. 25 
Oct. 26 
Dec. 28 

1900. 
Apr. 17 
June 24 
July 7 
July 28 
Aug. 15 
Sept. 3 
Oct. 5 

1901. 

Aug. 27 
Aug. 31 

1902. 
Sept. 2 



J. B. Lippincott . 

do 

do 

do 



W. P. Searcy 

do 

do 

S.G.Bennett: 

W.P.Searcy 

do 

W. W. Cocklns, jr . 



J. B. Lippincott - 
do 



W.B.Clapp- 



Sec.-feet. 
72.58 
130. 32 
146. 53 
165. 05 

101.60 
69.20 
84.47 
60.76 
87.10 
88.20 
74.20 

78. 60 
65.30 

74.90 



Discharge measurements of Santa Ana River at Riverside Narrows. 



Date. 


Hy drographei- . 


Dis- 
charge. 


1888. 
July 16 
July 17 
Aug. 21 
Sept. 14 

1889. 
Aug. 13. 
Sept. 27 


F. C. Finkle 


Sec-feet. 
10.1 


do . _ .... __ 


10.5 


do 


8.5 


_do . 


9.5 


do - . 


11.0 


do .. . .. 


11.2 


1890. 
Aug. 12 


do . 


18.8 


1901. 
Sept. 9 

1892. 
Sept. 10 


do . 


15.5 


do 


29.4 



LTPPiNCOTT.] SANTA ANA EIVER. 315 

Discharge measurements of Santa Ana River at Riverside Narroy\s — Continued. 



Hy drographer . 



Dis- 
charge. 



1898. 
June 20 
Aug. 29 

1899. 
July 17 
Sept. 9 

1900. 
July 27 
Oct. 25 

1901. 
Aug. 30 

1902. 
Oct. 10 



F.H.Olmsted . 
do 



F.Rolfe 

J.B.Lippincott- 



S. G.Bennett - 
K. Sanborne . . 



J.B.Lippincott- 



K. Sanborne. 



Sec-feet. 

47.63 
39. 05 

81.70 
89.69 

38.41 
70.64 

33.87 

48.25 



Discharge measurements of canals and ditches of Santa Ana River system near 
Rineon, Riverside County. 

UlTCH ON RIGHT BANK OF SANTA ANA RIVER 3 .MILES BELOW RIVERSIDE NARROWS. 



Date. 


Hydrographei'. 


Dis 

charge. 


1898. 
June 20 


F.H.Olmsted ... . 


Sec. -feet. 

8.75 









DITCH ON RIGHT BANK OP SANTA ANA RIVER 5 MILES BELOW RIVKRSIDE NARROWS, ON 
GRIFFITH'S PLACE. 



June 20 F.H.Olmsted . 



ROBERTS DITCH. 



1901. 

Aug. 27 
Aug. 31 



J. B. Lippincott . 
do 



316 



CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



Discharge measurements of canals and ditches, etc. — Continued. 

SANTA ANA VALLEY IRRIGATION COMPANY'S CANAL, ORANGE COUNTY, CAL. 



June 22 
Ang. 30 

1899. 
May 26 
Sept. 15 
Oct. 26 

1900. 
Sept. 3 
Aug. 15 

1901. 
Aug. 31 



Hydrographer. 



F.H. Olmsted . 
do 



F.Rolfe 

J. B. Lippincott- 
do ._.. 



W. P. Searcy . 
do 



J.B.Lippincott- 



SEECHER DITCH, AT RINCON BRIDGE 



1901. 

June 24 



W. P. Searcy . 



TOWNSEND DITCH. 



June 20 F.H.Olmsted 

1900. 
Oct. 5 W. W. Cocklns, jr . 



WILBUR DITCH. 



1901. 

Aug. 30 



J. B. Lippincott . 



YORBA DITCH, 



1899. 
Oct. 26 

1900. 
Aug. 15 
Sept. 3 

1901. 
Aug. 31 



J. B. Lippincott . 



W. P. Searcy . 
do 



J. B. Lippincott . 



I 



14.00 
21.45 



^.40 



a Near bridge to Yorba. 
''Three miles above Olive, 
i-' First road crossing. 



'i At road crossing at head of cement lining. 
''Estimated above droj) from Anaheim ditch 
and opposite Esperanza. 



i.tppincott] 



SANTA ANA EIVER. 



317 



Miscellaneous low-ivater measuremeyits made in watershed of Santa Ayia River, 
Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Riverside, and Orange counties. 



Locality. 



Area of 
section. 



Mean 
velocity. 



Discharge. 



Frey's ranch, near Spadra 

Phillips's ranch, near Spadra (weir)__ 

G. L. Lancaster, Mesa avenue, Lords- 
burg (weir) 

Covina Irrigation Co. compressor 
pumping plant, south of Lordsburg. 

Neurujffi place, corner Holt avenue and 
San Antonio avenue , Pomona ( weir) . 

Pomona Land and Water Co. , Garey 
avenue (weir) 

Consolidated Water Co.'s Pomona 
air-compressor plant (weir) 

Consolidated Water Co., north of 
Pomona College (weir) 

James Warden's placs (weir) 



Sq. feet. Feet per sec. 
0.80 2.312 



Brundege place, San Antonio avenue, 
Pomona 



Del Monte Water Co. (weir) 

San Antonio Water Co.'s wells in 
Claremont; water goes to Ontario 
(weir) 

San Antonio Water Co.'s wells at In- 
dian Hill, I mile north of Pomona 
College (weir) . . . 

San Antonio Canyon. From records 
of Pomona Land and Water Co. 
The discharge from San Antonio 
Canyon was 7.53 second-feet Sept. 
2, 1895, and 9.02 second-feet on 
Sept. 6, 1897 (weir).« 

RED HILL, CUCAMONGA. 

Cucamonga Land and Water Co., 
Cucamonga Creek, 30-inch pipe line 
(weir) . . , 



Cucamonga Land and Water Co., 
Lone Star Spring pumping plant 
(weir) 

Cucamonga Land and Water Co.. 
" Y " tunnel ( weir) 

Stowell water from 90-acre tract; 
west side part to Ontario (weir) 

San Antonio Water Co., Haskell well 
( weir) 

San Antonio Water Co., Sixteenth 
street, pumping plant (weir) 



Total . 



1.04 



« July II, 1900, measurement made of water in San Antonio Canyon by S. G. Bennett; discharge 
4.07 second-feet. 



318 CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no. 81. 

Miscellaneous low-water 7neasurements made, etc. — Continued. 



Locality. 



RED HILL, CUCAMONGA — Continued. 

Natural surface flow of Cucamonga 
Creek in canyon (lomosa Water 
Co.) 



Developed by bed-rock tunnel . 
Total 



Cucamonga Land and Water Co., 
Lone Star Spring pumping plant 
(weir) 

Lytle Creek at intake of Rialto Canal 
(weir) 

do 



Cajon Creek Canyon in flume, oppo- 
site Keenbrook station _ 

West Twin Creek in flume 

do 



Area of 
section. 



Sq.feet. 
0.22 



East Twin Creek, Del Rosa cement 
canal 



_do 



East Twin Creek. Kansas City Syndi- 
cate development 



.do- 



City Creek measurement in cement 
canal . 



City Creek, at head of pipe line 

Plunge Creek at intake of ditch (weir) . 

Below waste way of Santa Ana Canal. 

South Fork or Redlands Canal, water 
not going over weir into North 
Fork or Highlands Canal on ac- 
count of repairs (weir) 



Redlands tunnel (weir) 

Morton Canyon (weir) 

South Fork or Redlands Canal (weir) . 
North Fork or Highlands Canal (weir) . 

Green Spot pipe line (weir) 

Redlands tunnel (weir) , 

Morton Canyon (weir) 



Water in Mill Creek zanja (weir) 

Mill Creek. Water is being pumped 
by Crafton Water Co. et al. in Mill 
Creek Canyon and Yucipe Valley 
(weir) 



Total- 



Mean 
velocity. 



Feet per sec 

4.10 



1.49 

.084 



.40 



.44 



.32 

.24 



9.29 



.92 
2.66 



1.55 



.50 



.404 



Discharge. 



Sec-feet. 
0. 90 
.18 



LiPPiNcoTT.] SANTA ANA RIVER. 

Miscellaneous low-ivater 7neasurenients made, etc. — Continued. 



319 



Date. 


Locality. 


Area of 
section. 


Mean 
velocity. 


Discharge. 


1900. 
Oct. 2 


RED HILL, cucAMONGA — continued. 

Grafton Water Co.'s pumping plant, 
Mill Creek Canyon (weir) . . . _ . . 


Sq.feet. 


Feet per sec. 


Sec-feet. 
1.35 


Do 


At mouth of Mill Creek Canyon ( weir ) 






7.21 




Total - - - - 










8.56 




San Timoteo Canyon ditch at Bick- 
nell Station . 


1.00 


1.50 




July 14 


1.50 


June — 


Haws & Talmadge . 


.00 


June — 


Rabel ditch 






.35 


June — 


Shay ditch 






.40 


June — 


McKenzie ditch 






1.57 


June — 


Meeks & Daley ditch _ . . . . 






13.78 


June — 


Beams ditch . _ - 






.50 


June — 


Riverside Water Co. , upper canal 






52.94 


June — 


Riverside Water Co. . lower canal 






7.16 


June — 


Timber ditch 






.00 


June — 


Gage Canal, Santa Ana River 






.29 


June — 


Gage Canal. Palm avenue 






22.52 


June — 


Logsdon & Farrel ditch 






.49 


Juno — 


Whitlock ditch 






.00 


June — 


Daley ditch _ . . . . . _ 






1.12 


June — 


Mclntyre ditch . _ 






.01 


June — 


Whiting ditch 






.13 


June — 


Swamp ditch 


1 


.89 


June — 


Ranchero ditch . 


1 


.55 


June — 


Ward & Warren ditch 


1 

1 


1.70 


June — 


Mill flume. Riverside Water Co 






2.17 


June — 


Mill pump, Riverside Water Co 






1.88 


June — 


Camp Carlton ditch . . . . _ 






2.60 


June — 


East Riverside ditch ... . ... 






5.38 


June — 


Colton Terrace Water Co 






1.54 


June — 


City of Colton 






3.21 


June — 


Bloomington flume 






3.68 


July 26 


Riverside Water Co.'s upper canal in 
flume 150 feet above tunnel River- 
side Mesa - . 


17.48 

6.94 
3.35 
6.21 

.75 


2.477 

2.077 

2.128 

1.317 

.61 


43.30 


July 27 

July 27 
July 27 
July 27 


North Riverside and Jurupa Canal 
in flume near Beckstead's house 

Riverside Water Co.'s lower canal _ _ _ 

Roubidoux ditch 


14.42 
7.13 

8.18 


Trujillo ditch , 


.46 



320 CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no.81. 

Miscellaneous loiv-water measurements inade, etc. — Continued. 



Date. 


Locality. 


Area of 
section. 


Mean 
velocity. 


Discharge. 


1900. 


RED HILL, CUCAMONGA— continued. 


Sq. feet. 


Feet per sec. 


Sec.-feet. 


July 27 


75 feet below intake of Trujillo ditch_ 


0.38 


1.17 


0.44 


July 27 


Evans upper ditch 


.95 


1.10 


1.04 




Total flow Santa Ana at Roubi- 
doux ditch, intake - . . 






10.12 




Alsetrez ditch from Spring Brook. 100 
feet below West Riverside bridge . _ 


1.95 


1.42 




July 27 


2.77 


July 27 


200 feet below West Riverside bridge 


1.77 


.65 


1.16 


July 27 


West Riverside bridge, Roubidoux 
Mountain 


2.85 
26. 54 


1.85 
1.443 


5.27 


July 27 


At Riverside Narrows 


38.41 


Sept. 13 


Riverside Water Co.'s lower canal . . - 


3.36 


1.99 


6.69 


Oct. 19 


North Riverside and Jurupa canal . . - 
Roubidoux ditch . . 


. 6.69 
5.95 


2.10 
1.31 


14.05 


Oct. 25 


7.80 


Oct. 25 


Trujillo ditch 


1.10 


.48 


.53 


Oct. 25 


20 feet below intake of Trujillo ditch. 


.80 


.70 


.56 


Oct. 25 


Evans's upper ditch 


2 42 


1.37 


3.32 




Total 






12.21 




Alsetrez ditch from Spring Brook, 
West Riverside bridge . 


1.75 


.87 




Oct. 25 


1.53 


Oct. 25 


At West Riverside bridge 


5.50 


1.54 


8.45 


Oct. 25 


Evans's ditch, West Riverside bridge. 


2.53 


1.75 


4.36 


Oct. 25 


At Riverside Narrows 

300 feet above Auburndale bridge 


43.3 

28.65 


1.63 
1 . 576 


70.64 


July 28 


45.16 


July 28 


Newberry ditch, Auburndale bridge . 


5.32 


1.03 


5.47 


July 28 


Ditch south of Newberry ditch, Au- 
burndale bridge . . . 


1.58 


1.47 


2.32 


July 28 


Gilliland ditch, Auburndale bridge . . 
Total 


1.49 


.94 


1.40 
54.35 


Oct. 5 


Auburndale bridge 


40.50 


1.577 


63.9 


Oct. 5 


Townsend ditch, Auburndale bridge . 


6.10 


.957 


5.84 


Oct. 5 


Fuller's ditch, near schoolhouse 


5.10 


1.274 


6.50 


July 28 
July 28 


Rincon bridge 


35. 55 


1.704 


60.76 


Chino Creek under bridge, Chino- 
Corona road 


3.66 
43. 90 


.60 
1 69 


2.20 


Oct. 5 


Rincon bridge 


74. 20 


Oct. 5 


Chino Creek 


1.90 
1.40 


2.63 
1.30 


5.00 


July 28 


Durkee ditch, near ranch house 


1.80 


July 28 


At Anaheim and Santa Ana division 
box 


23. 64 
29. 00 


2. 103 
2.59 


49.72 


Oct. 5 


do 


75. 10 



For tabulation of a large number of water measurements in the San Bernardino Valley above 
Riverside Narrows and in the basin of the Santa Ana River, see San Bernardino Valley. 



LippiNcoTT.] DISCHAKGE TABLES. 321 

SANTA ANA RIVER, MILL CREEK. 

See Mill Creek (page 158). 

SANTA ANA RIVER, LYTLE CREEK. 

See Lytle Creek (page 139). 

SANTA ANA RIVER, SAN ROQUE CREEK. 

See Arroyo Burro (page 43). 

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY. 

Miscellaneous measurements of streams east of Santa Barbara City, Santa Bar- 
bara County, made in July and August, 1889, by George F. Wright. 



Dis- 
charge. 



Area of 
water- 



Rincon 

Gubernador _ 
Carpenteria _ 
Santa Monica 

Padaro 

Dinsmore 

Cold Stream . 
Mission 



Sec-feet. 
0.12 
58 
08 
23 
31 
23 
23 
46 



8q. miles. 

10.5 
4.2 

44.0 
4.3 
2.2 
2.2 
3.0 
4.0 



Miscellaneous measurements of streams west of Santa Barbara City, Santa 
Barbara County, made in July and August, 1889, by George F. Wright. 



Dis- 
charge. 



Area of 
water- 
shed. 



Arroyo Burro 

Maria Ignacia 

San Jose 

San Pedro 

Arroyo Carnero 

Armas 

Tecolote 

Aguilar 

Dos Pueblos 

Canyada Verde 

Canyada Llaces 

El Capitan 

Canyada del Corral 

Canyada Refugio 

IRR 81—03 21 



Sec-feet. 

0.23 

.23 

.27 
.08 



.23 
.15 
.31 



Sq. 



miles. 

2.5 
16.5 

3.0 

1.0 

1.0 

2.0 

2.0 

3.25 

2.00 

1.50 

1.50 

1.00 

2.00 



322 CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no. 81. 

Discharge Tneasurements of San Pedro Creek, Santa Barbara County, Cal. 



Date. 


Hy d vographer . 


Dis- 
charge. 


Remarks. 


Aug. —,1889 


G.F.Wright 


Sec.-feet. 
0.08 


Drainage area, 3 square miles. 



Discharge measurements of San Timoteo Creek, Riverside County. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Remarks. 


July 14,1900 


S.G.Bennett 


Sec-feet. 
1.50 


Bicknel station. 







Discharge measurements of San Ysidro Creek, Santa Barbara County, Cal., 
above dam. 



Hydrographer. 



Dis- 
charge. 



Nov. 2, 1899 

Dec. 3, 1899 

Mar. 6, 1900 

Mar. 19,1900 

June 16,1900 



Greenheld 

do .... 

do _... 

do .._. 

R. Moyer,, 



Sec. -feet. 

0.06 
.15 

1.00 
.35 
.07 



SANTA CLARA RIVER. 

Discharge measurements of Santa Clara River at point below mouth of San Fran- 
cisquito Creek, on Newhall ranch, Los Angeles County. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Remarks. 


Aug. 9, 1898 
Aug. 19,1899 
Aug. 19,1899 
Aug. 19,1899 


F.H.Olmsted 


Sec-feet. 

10.83 

3.38 

1.65 

3.37 




S.G.Bennett 

. -do . . 


East channel. 
West channel. 


do 

Total _ 

W. W. Cockins, jr 

do 


Newhall ditch. 




8.40 




Oct. 8, 1900 
Oct. 8, 1900 


3.64 
3.25 
3.35 


East channel. 
West channel. 


Oct. 8, 1900 


,. .do 


Newhall ditch. 




Total 






10.24 





LippiNcoTT.] SANTA CLARA RIVER AND SANTA MONICA CREEK. 



323 



Discharge measurements of Santa Clara River at point 2 miles east of Camulos, 
Ventura County. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Remarks. 






Sec-feet. 






June 18,1898 


J. B. Lippincott 


25.74 






Aug. 11,1898 


F.H.Olmsted 


17.36 






Aug. 19,1899 


S.G.Bennett 


17.63 


Camulos ditch. 




Aug. 19,1899 


do 

Total 


1.24 

18.87 


River. 




Oct. 8, 1900 


W. W. Cockins, jr 


11.38 


Camulos ditch at head of 
wooden flume. 



Discharge measurements of Santa Clara River in Cienega, 1 mile east of Fillmore, 
Ventura County. 



Hydrographer. 



Dis- 
charge. 



Mar. 15,1899 



S. G. Bennett . 



Sec-feet. 

3.60 



Discharge measurements of Santa Clara River near Santa Paula, Ventura 

County. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Remarks. 


Aug. 18,1899 
Aug. 18,1899 
Aug. 18,1899 

Aug. 18,1899 


S. G. Bennett 


Sec-feet. 

16.00 
8.60 

5.80 

10.30 


Farmers ditch. 


do . 

do ... 


Grease or Santa Clara ditch. 
Ditch taken out on east side of 


do 

Total 


river. 
River. 




40.70 





SANTA MONICA CREEK. 

Discharge measurements of Santa Monica Creek, Sa^ita Barbara County. 
[Drainage, 4.3 square miles.] 



Date. 


Hy di'ogr apher . 


Dis- 
charge. 


Remarks. 


Aug. —,1889 
June 16,1900 


G.F.Wright 

R. Moyer 


Sec-feet. 

0.23 

.11 


^ mile above Fithian's house. 









324 



CALIFORNIA HYDEOGRAPHY. 
SANTA PAULA RIVER. 



[NO. 81. 



Discharge measurement of Santa Paula River above Neeper schoolhouse, near 
Santa Paula, Ventura County, Cal. 



Hydrographer. 



Dis- 
charge. 



Locality. 



Aug. 18,1899 



S. G. Bennett . 



Sec-feet. 

0.85 



SANTA YNEZ RIVER. 

As determined from Geological Survey maps the area of the drain- 
age basin of this stream above Juncal dam site is 13.4 square miles. 
E. J. S. Purslow stated in a report to the Santa Barbara Water Com- 
pany in 1896 that the Santa Ynez River at the Juncal reservoir site 
was measured during the " past winter and spring;" further details 
are not given. The discharge stated was 800,000,000 gallons =2, 455 
acre-feet. The rainfall for season at Santa Barbara was 13.77 inches 
and the mean from 1867 to date is 16.82 inches. The period of stream 
observations probably extended from November 1, 1895, to July 1, 1896. 
This includes Alder Creek water below Juncal. 

During the winter of 1902-3 the city of Santa Barbara cooperated 
with the United States Geological Survey in determining the run -off 
from portions of the drainage basin of the Santa Ynez River, as given 
below. 

Measurements were first made of the main Santa Ynez River above 
its junction with the Mono tributary. The drainage area above this 
point is 71 square miles. Measurements were also made of the dis- 
charge of the Mono tributary of the Santa Ynez River at its mouth. 
The drainage area above this point is 119 square miles. Both of these 
streams flow from the mountains of the Coast Range, the elevations 
of their basins ranging from 1,400 to 7,000 feet. 

The estimated average rainfall in these drainage basins is 22 inches, 
and during the season of 1902-3 the mean rainfall was probably 
exceeded by about 2 inches. The precipitation, however, occurred in 
gentle slow storms until the latter part of March, when there were 
heavier rains. It is locally stated that the stream flow is not up to the 
average. This probably could be explained by the fact of the gentle 
rains referred to above, and to the further fact that the season of 
1902-3 was preceded by years of protracted drought. 



LippiNcoTT.] SANTA YNEZ EIVER. 325 

List of discharge measurevients of Santa Ynez River above junction until Mono. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Gage 
heiglit. 


Dis- 
charge. 


1903. 
Jan 12 


Howard Rankin 


Feet. 

1.10 
1.10 
1.20 
3.55 
1.70 
1.50 
1.48 
1.50 
1.45 
1.42 
1.45 
1.45 
1.45 
1.58 
1.50 
1.49 
1.46 
1.45 
1.44 
1.44 
1.40 
1.40 
1.40 
1.40 
1.39 
1.39 
1.38 
1.37 
1.37 
1.36 
1.35 
1.35 
1.35 
1.35 
1.35 
1.45 
1.65 
1.50 
1.50 
1.43 
1.42 
1.42 


Sec-feet. 
1.79 


Jan. 25 


do . - - 


1.93 


Jan. 27 
Jan. 28 


do 

_do 


3.30 

457. 24 


Jan. 29 


do 


49.75 


Jan. 30 


do 


22.45 


Jan. 31 


do - . 


17.90 


Feb. 1 


. _do__ _ 


22.18 


Feb. 2 
Feb. 3 


do 

do 


16.01 
14.61 


Feb. 4 


do 


15.31 


Feb. 5 


do 


14.92 


Feb. 7 


. _do -- - _ _. -... 


15.68 


Feb. 8 


do 


24.74 


Feb. 9 


do 


18.38 


Feb. 10 


do 


17.63 


Feb. 11 


do 


16.15 


Feb. 12 


...-do_ 


15.54 


Feb. 13 


do .. .. 


14.92 


Feb. 14 


do 


14.72 


Feb. 16 
Feb. 17 


do . . 

do 


10.85 
11.34 


Feb. 18 


do 


11.11 


Feb. 19 


do __ _. _._. , __ 


11.05 


Feb. 20 


do 


10.75 


Feb. 21 


do 


10.98 


Feb. 23 


do 


10.11 


Feb. 24 


-do 


9.05 


Feb. 25 


. do -_.- 


9.07 


Feb. 26 


do 


8.58 


Feb. 27 


do 


8.72 


Feb. 28 


do 


8.32 


Mar. 1 


-do 


8.16 


Mar. 2 


.do. 


8.01 


Mar. 3 


do : . 


7.91 


Mar. 4 


do 


14.78 


Mar. 5 


do 


31.60 


Mar. 6 


do 


20.19 


Mar. 7 


.. .do - - 


19.95 


Mar. 9 


do 


13.52 


Mar. 10 


do ... 


13.20 


Mar. 11 


do 


13.42- 



326 CALIFORNIA HYDROGEAPHY. [no.81. 

List of discharge measurements of Santa Ynez River, etc. — Continued. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Gage 
height. 


Dis- 
charge. 


1903. 
Mar. 12 


Howard Rankin _ 


Feet. 
1.41 
1.42 
1.48 
1.43 
1.43 
1.42 
1.41 
1.40 
1.40 
1.40 
1.40 
1.40 
1. 67 
1.55 
1.50 
1.49 
1.50 


Sec-feet. 
13.70 


Mar. 13 


-. _do . 


13.24 


Mar. 14 


do _ _ . 


12.84 


Mar. 15 


do 


13.11 


Mar. 16 


do . 


12.85 


Mar. 17 


do . . 


11.63 


Mar. 18 


do • __ 


11.27 


Mar. 19 


do . 


11.08 


Mar. 20 


do 


10.88 


Mar. 21 
Mar. 22 


do . 

do 


10.55 
10.48 


Mar. 23 


do ... 


10.60 


Mar. 25 


do . 


29.26 


Mar. 26 


.. _do _ 


19.58 


Mar. 27 


do _. . 


17.15 


Mar. 28 


do . 


16.91 


Mar. 29 


do 


18.05 









List of discharge measurements of Mono Creek at mouth. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Gage 
height. 


Dis- 
charge. 


1908. 
Jan. 28 


Howard Rankin 


Feet. 
2.95 
1.55 
1.30 
1.25 
1.35 
1.30 
1.20 
1.28 
1.28 
1.21 
1.35 
1.29 
1.28 
1.27 
1.26 
1.25 
1.20 
1.20 
1.20 


Sec-feet. 
295. 00 


Jan. 29 


do -- _ .. . _ 


20.23 


Jan. 80 


do . : 


12.51 


Jan. 81 


do 


9.08 


Feb. 1 


do - ."._-. 


14.83 


Feb. 2 


do . . 


10.12 


Feb. 3 


_..._do 


6.93 


Feb. 4 


do „ - - 


8.82 


Feb. 5 


do - - 


8.25 


Feb. 6 
Feb. 8 


do 

do 


8.08 
11.96 


Feb. 9 


. .do- .- . _.. ---- -. 


8.81 


Feb. 10 


do .- . 


8.42 


Feb. 11 


do 


8.77 


Feb 12 


do 


8.23 


Feb. 18 
Feb. 14 


do ..._ 

do 


7.61 
4.89 


Feb. 16 
Feb. 17 


do 

...do 


5.10 
5.04 



LippiNCOTT] SANTA YNEZ EIVER. 327 

List of discharge measurements of Mono Creek at mouth — Continued. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


height. 


Dis- 
charge. 


1903. 

Feb. 18 


Howard Rankin 


Feet. 
1.20 
1.20 
1.19 
1.19 
1.17 
1.15 
1.15 
1.15 
1.14 
1.14 
1.12 
1.12 
1.12 
1.30 
1.60 
1.37 
1.35 
1.30 
1.25 
1.22 
1.22 
1.22 
1.27 
1.25 
1.30 
1.32 
1.26 
1.25 
1.24 
1.24 
1.23 
1.23 
2.50 
1.90 
1.70 
1.60 
1.61 
2.65 
2.80 
4.50 
3.00 


Sec-feet. 
5.14 


Feb. 19 


do 


5.17 


Feb. 20 


do 


4.75 


Feb. 21 


do . -. . 


4.74 


Feb. 23 
Feb. 24 


do . 

do 


4.65 
4.60 


Feb. 25 


do 


4.56 


Feb. 26 


do 


4.45 


Feb. 27 


.do _ 


3.79 


Feb. 28 


do 


3.81 


Mar. 1 


do 


3.61 


Mar. 2 


do 


3.62 


Mar. 3 


. _do . . ... 


3.64 


Mar. 4 


do 


10.99 


Mar. 5 


do 


25.85 


Mar. 6 


do 


13.57 


Mar. 7 


do 


13.28 


Mar. 9 


. .do . - 


9.77 


Mar. 10 


. do 


6.58 


Mar. 11 


do 


6.32 


Mar. 12 


do 


6.56 


Mar. 13 


do 


6.49 


Mar. 14 


.do . ... . .. 


9.22 


Mar. 15 


.do.. 


7.52 


Mar. 16 


do 


9.83 


Mar. 17 


do 


9.94 


Mar. 18 


do 


8.19 


Mar. 19 


do 


7.99 


Mar. 20 


.do - - ... 


7.08 


Mar. 21 


do .. _ 


7.07 


Mar. 28 


do . 


7.18 


Mar. 23 


do 


7.17 


Mar. 25 


do 


153. 23 


Mar. 26 


do 


62.52 


Mar. 27 


.. do... 


36.27 


Mar. 28 


do .. 


26.63 


Mar. 29 


do 


29.54 


Mar. 30 


do 


177. 46 


Mar. 31 


do 


227. 31 


Apr. 1 


do . . . 


710.58 


Apr. 2 


do 


269.83 



328 CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no.81. 

SA^A^PIT CREEK. 

Discharge Trieasurement of Sawpit Creek at Division Box, Los Angeles County. Cal. 



Date. 


Hy drographer . 


Dis- 
charge. 


Locality. 


July 1,1898 


F.H. Olmsted 


Sec-feet. 
1.33 


Near mouth of canyon. 





SESPE CREEK. 

Discharge measurements of Sespe Creek, Santa Clara River, Ventura County, Cal. 



Date. 


Hydrograplier. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Locality. 


Aug. 11,1898 
Mar. 15,1899 


F.H.Olmsted 


Sec-feet. 
2.5 

8.3 

1.9 




S. G. Bennett . . 


At head of Sespe Land and 
Water Co. Canal. 

Do. 


Aug. 18,1899 


do 







SHASTA RIVER. 

Discharge measurement of Shasta River. 



Hy drographer. 



Dis- 
charge. 



Locality. 



Aug. — , 1899 



M. M. O'Shaughnessy - 



Sec-feet. 
279 



Wagon bridge 1 mile south of 
Montague railroad station. 



SNOW CREEK. 

Discharge measurement of Snow Creek, Palm Valley, Riverside County, Cal. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Locality. 


Feb. 22, 1898 


J. B. Lippincott _ 


Sec-feet. 
4.5 





SPRING VALLEY WATER COMPANY. 

See San Mateo Creek, Water Supply and Irrigation Paper No. 51, 
page 390. 



LIPPINCOTT.] 



DISCHARGE TABLES. 



3i^9 



STANISLAUS RIVER. 

The river has its source on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada 
in California. It drains a country lying between the basins of Moke- 
lumne River on the north and Tuolumne River on the south, and flows 
in a general southwesterly direction, entering San Joaquin River 23 
miles above Stockton. A number of canals divert water from this 
stream on either side, the principal one being the canal of the Stan- 
islaus and San Joaquin Water Company, which irrigates lands in the 
vicinity of Oakdale and between Knights Ferry and Stockton. 

The canal of the Stanislaus and San Joaquin Water Company 
diverts water from Stanislaus River at a point 3 miles above Knights 
Ferry, or approximately 15 miles above Oakdale. The volume of 
this canal at what is known as section 3, was rated on June 1, 1898, 
by turning in various amounts of water and measuring the same with 
a meter. It was found on June 6, 1899, that silt had accumulated in 
the bottom of the flume at the old gage, and a new station was 
adopted. This point was rated similarly to the one of the year pre- 
vious. 

The record at this station was discontinued Februarj^ 16, 1901. 

Discharge measurements of Stanislaus River at Oakdale, Stanislaus County. 



Hydrographer. 



Gage 
height. 



Dis- 
charge. 



1895. 
May 3 
July 1 
Aug. 28 
Oct. 10 
Nov. 29 

1896. 
Apr. 17 
July 5 
Sept. 7 
Oct. 29 

1897. 
Feb. 16 
June 80 
July 14 
Sept. 5 
Oct. 29 
Dec. 19 



J. B. Lippincott- 

do 

do 

do 

do _._....... 



J. A. Vogleson ._ 

C.C.Babb 

H. Crowe 

J. B. Lippincott- 



J. B. Lippincott 

J. B. Lippincott and B. Cole . 

A. Q. Campbell 

do 

do 

J. B. Lippincott- . _ _ 



Feet. 
8.85 
6.17 
2.40 
2.11 
2.12 

5.40 
4.80 
2.50 
2.40 

4.22 
8.60 
3.20 
2.00 
2.40 
3.00 



Sec-feet. 

7,744 

3, 754 

279 

192 

147 

2,801 

2,061 

304 

210 

1,346 

6,754 

1,015 

144 

223 

429 



330 CALIFOENIA HYDEOGRAPHY. [no. 81. 

Discharge measurements of Stanislaus River at Oakdale, etc. — Continued. 



Hydrographer. 



Gage 
height. 



J. B. Lippincott- 

do 

do 

do 

do 



B. Lippincott . 

G. Bennett 

._do 

-do 

.-do 

._do 

.-do 

..do 

B. Lippincott - 



S. G. Bennett - 
do - 



-do . 
_do . 
.do . 
.do . 



S. G. Bennett . 
do 



L. M. Lawson. 



Feet. 
5.30 
3.77 

«4.30 
4.20 
4.97 

5.13 

8.80 

7.63 

7.94 

8.42 

6.3 

4.53 

4.41 

5.41 

6.82 
9.33 
6.65 
4.38 
4.25 
5.66 

6.18 

4.78 



a New rod set July 20, 1898, 
Discharge Tneasurements of Stanislaus River at Parrots Ferry. 


Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


1899. 
Sept. 13 


S. G. Bennett . .-. 


Sec-feet. 
70 







LIPPINCOTT.] 



STANISLAUS RIVER. 



331 



Estimated monthly discharge of Stanislaus Rive?- at Oakdale, Stanislaus County. « 
[Drainage area, 1,051 square miles.] 



Discharge. 



Total 
discharge. 



Per 
square 
mile. 



1878. 
November ^ _ _ 
December ^--- 



1879 
January ^ ... 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

Jnly 

August ^ 

September & . 

October ^ 

November ^> . 
December &. . 



The year _ 

1880. 

January & 

February ^ 

March ^ 

April ^ 

May 

June 

July 

August . . _ . 

September 

October ... 

November b 

December & 



The year _ 



Sec-feet. 



Sec-feet. 



9,830 
6,960 
7,390 
6,060 
6,720 
2,230 



10, 980 
10,820 
4,630 



Sec-feet. 
42 
42 



Acre-feet. 
2,499 

2,582 



Sec-feet. 

0.04 

.04 



350 



3,260 
2,950 
3,160 
1,320 



525 

1,994 

4,523 

4,307 

4,098 

4,387 

1,584 

126 

21 

21 

74 

630 



1,858 



4,370 
5,240 
1,680 



315 
526 
630 

5,781 

7,251 

7,742 

3,255 

735 

74 

32 

21 

630 



2,249 



32,281 

110,741 

278, 108 

256, 284 

251,976 

261,044 

97, 396 

7,747 

1,249 

1,291 

4,403 

38, 737 



.50 

1.89 

4.30 

4.09 

3.90 

4.17 

1.51 

.12 

.02 

.02 

.07 

.60 



1,341,257 



1.77 



19, 369 

30, 256 

38, 737 

343,993 

445, 846 

460,681 

200, 142 

45,193 

4,403 

1,967 

1,249 

38, 737 



0.30 

.50 

.60 

5.50 

6.90 

7.37 

3.10 

.70 

.07 

.03 

.02 

.60 



1,630,573 ! 2.14 



29.09 



"Authority: California State engineering department from November, 1878, to October, 1884; 
United States Geological Survey from June, 1895, to December, 1900. 
& Estimated from run-off of neighboring streams and from previous measureraents. 



332 CALIFOENIA HYDEOGRAPHY. [no.81. 

Estimated monthly dischai-ge of Stanislaus River, etc. — Continued. 



Discharge. 



Maximum. Minimum. Mean, 



Total 
discharge. 



Run-off. 



1881. 

January « 

February « . _ . 

March « 

April « 

May « 

June« 

July 

August 

September . . . 

October 

November ._. 
December 



The year _ 

1882. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June « 

July « 

August « 

September « 

October « 

November « 

December « 



The year _ 



Sec. -feet. 



Sec-feet. 



-feet. 
102 
255 
102 
729 
255 
733 
960 
360 
140 
120 
150 



Acre-feet. 

129, 247 

291,847 

129, 247 

281,394 

323, 117 

162, 625 

59, 028 

22, 136 

8,330 

7,378 

8,925 

91,493 



Sec-feet. 

2.00 

5.00 

2.00 

4.50 

5.00 

2.60 

.91 

.34 

.13 

.11 

.14 

1.42 



2,116 



1,514,767 



4,771 

3,782 

5,155 

5,255 

1,892 

105 

105 

473 

368 

210 



24, 472 

50, 428 

293, 357 

225, 044 

316, 968 

312,694 

116,334 

6,456 

6,248 

29, 083 

21,897 

12,912 



1,951 



1,415,893 



2.01 



0.38 

.86 

4.54 

3.60 

4.91 

5.00 

1.80 

.10 

.10 

.45 

.35 

.20 



1.85 



"Estimated from run-off of neighboring streams and from previous measurements. 



LippiNcoTT.] STANISLAUS EIVER. 333 

Estiynated monthly discharge of Stanislaus River, etc. — Continued. 



1883. 

January 

February « 

March « 

April « 

May « 

June<^ 

July « 

August « 

September « _ , 

October « 

November « . . 
December « 



The year _ 



1884. « 



January ._ 
February _. 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September . 
October 



1895. 

June 

July 

August 

September ._.. 

October 

November 

December 



Discharge. 



Sec. -feet. 



8,510 

3,842 
550 

3,161 
246 
179 
414 



Sec-feet. 



,842 
550 
145 
145 
145 
179 
145 



-feet. 
525 
420 
840 
102 
255 
204 
051 
315 
210 
168 
210 
210 



1,292 




5,686 
1,778 
330 
638 
176 
179 
198 



Total 
discharge. 



Acre-feet. 

32, 281 

23, 325 

51,649 

125,078 

323, 117 

250, 155 

64, 623 

19,368 

12, 496 

10, 330 

12, 496 

12,912 



937, 830 



16,171 

181,362 

258, 494 

281,394 

290, 775 

312, 694 

258,494 

64, 623 

12, 496 

9,715 



338, 340 
109, 330 
20,304 
37, 970 
10,'802 
10, 651 
12,208 



Per 

square 
mile. 



Sec-feet. 

0.50 

.40 

.80 

2.00 

5.00 

4.00 

1.00 

.30 

.20 

.16 

.20 

.20 



1.23 



0.25 
3.00 
4.00 
4.50 
4.50 
5.00 
4.00 
1.00 
.20 
.15 



5.41 
1.69 
.31 
.61 
.17 
.17 
.19 



a Estimated from run-otf of neighboring streams and from previous measurements. 



334 CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no.81. 

Estimated monthly discharge of Stanislaus River, etc. — Continued. 



January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 

The year 

1897. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November... .._ 
December 

The year 



Discharge. 



Maximum. Minim.tim. 



Sec-feet. 

6,956 

1,208 

12,000 

9,050 

13, 050 

11,000 

3,156 

2,412 

962 

370 

4,514 

1,750 



13, 050 



2,251 

10, 580 

5, 062 

9,234 

9,980 

3,974 

1,180 

230 

190 

250 

780 

1.516 



Sec-feet. 

150 

632 

694 

1,966 

2,290 

2,656 

470 

218 

252 

218 

252 

470 



150 



410 

1,264 

1,264 

1,880 

5,480 

860 

250 

170 

140 

140 

170 

210 



10, 580 



Sec-feet. 

1,806 

782 

2,464 

3,274 

4,717 

6,541 

1,293 

385 

332 

239 

705 

681 



1,935 



609 

3,252 

1,915 

5,064 

7,324 

2,077 

582 

198 

152 

176 

255 

411 



140 I 1,835 



Total 
discharge. 



Acre-feet. 

111,058 

* 45, 038 

151,505 

194,870 

290, 092 

389, 247 

79, 503 

23, 703 

19, 761 

14, 695 

41,968 

41,904 



Per 
square 
mile. 



1.403,344 



37, 446 

180, 607 

117,750 

301,328 

450, 338 

123, 590 

35, 786 

12, 175 

9,045 

10, 822 

15,174 

25, 272 



Sec-feet. 

1.72 

.75 

2.35 

3.11 

4.57 

6.22 

1.23 

.37 

.32 

.22 

.67 

.65 



1.85 



0.58 

3.10 

1.82 

4.81 

6.97 

1.98 

.55 

.19 

.14 

.17 

.24 

.39 



1,319,333 I 1.74 23.55 



LippiNcoTT.] STANISLAUS RIVER. 385 

Estimated monthly discharge of Stanislaus River, etc. — Continued. 



1898. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 

The year 

1899. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December _ _ . . . 

The year 



Discharge. 



Sec-feet. 

336 

1,372 

1,000 

3,920 

2,540 

880 

384 

100 

100 

100 

100 

315 



1,240 

690 

13, 940 

5,270 

5,780 

4,632 

1,120 

265 

130 

1,200 

2,340 

5,015 



13, 940 



Sec. -feet. 

74 

156 

336 

536 

536 

480 

74 

27 

50 

74 

50 

74 



27 



70 

130 

220 

1,450 

1,450 

1,045 

175 

90 

50 

90 

90 

550 



Sec. -feet. 

207 

389 

572 

1,813 

1,378 

647 

167 

66 

61 

77 

71 

139 



466 



457 

355 

2, 425 

3,525 

2,559 

2,663 

502 

150 

85 

309 

1,092 

1,461 



50 1,299 



Total 
discharge. 



Acre-feet. 

12, 728 

21,604 

35, 171 

107, 881 

84, 730 

38, 499 

10, 268 

4,058 

3,630 

4,735 

4,225 

8,547 



Per 
square 
mile. 



336, 076 



28, 100 

19,716 

149, 108 

209, 752 

157,348 

158, 459 

30,867 

9,223 

5,058 

19, 000 

64, 978 

89, 834 



941,443 1.24 



Sec. feet. 
0.20 

.37 
.54 
1.73 
1.31 
.62 
.16 
.06 
.06 
.07 
.07 
.13 



.44 



0.44 

.34 

2.31 

3.35 

2.43 

2.53 

.48 

.14 

.08 

.29 

1.04 

1.39 



336 CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no.81. 

Estimated 7iionthly discharge of Stanislaus River, etc. — Continued. 



1900. 

January 

February 

March 

April _ - . 

May • 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 

The year 



Discharge. 



Maximmn. Minimum, 



Sec-feet. 

7,050 

1,100 

2,640 

3,000 

4,377 

3,125 

960 

110 

70 

2,760 

6,037 

1,640 



7,050 



Sec. -feet. 

820 

540 

540 

1,260 

1,260 

960 

70 

30 

30 

70 

310 

610 



30 



Sec-feet. 

1,944 

700 

1,829 

1,761 

3,343 

1,863 

349 

64 

46 

448 

1,220 

871 



1,203 



Total 
discharge. 



Acre-feet. 

119, 532 

38, 876 

112,461 

104, 787 

205, 553 

110,856 

21,459 

3,935 

2,737 

27, 546 

72, 595 

53, 556 



873, 893 



Per 

square 
m.ile. 



■Sec-feet. 

1.85 

.67 

1.74 

1.68 

3.18 

1.77 

.33 

.06 

.04 

.43 

1.16 



1.15 



Depth. 



Inches. 

2.13 

.70 

2.01 

1.87 

3.67 

1.97 

.38 

.07 

.04 

.49 

1.29 

.95 



15.57 



Discharge measurement of Cascade Creek, Stanislaus River, Tuolumne County. 


Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Oct. 21,1896 


J. B. Lippincott 


Sec-feet. 
■ 0.0 








Discharge measurement of Cow Creek, Stanislaus River, Tuolumne County. 


Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Oct. 21,1896 


J. B. Lippincott 


Sec-feet. 
0.5 



LIPPINCOTT.] 



STANISLAUS RIVER. 



337 



Discharge measureitient of Stanislaus River, Main Fork, Eureka Valley, 
Tuolumne County. 



Date. 


Hy drographer . 


Dis- 
charge. 


Nov. 20,1896 


J. B. Lippincott _ - .. _ 


Sec-feet. 

158.0 









Discharge measurement of Mill Creek, Stanislaus River, Tuolumne County. 



Hydrographer. 



Dis- 
charge. 



Oct. 21,1 



J. B. Lippincott _ 



Sec-feet. 
1.5 



Discharge measurement of Niagara Creek, Stanislaus River, Tuolumne Cou7ity. 



Oct. 21,1896 



Hydrographer. 



J. B. Lippincott _ 



Dis- 
charge. 



Sec-feet. 
1.5 



Discharge measurement of Stanislaus River, Middle Fork, Donnels Flat, near 
mouth of Niagara Creek, Tuolumne County. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Remarks. 


Oct. 12,1899 


Mr. Coul . 


Sec-feet. 

144 


Mean of 12 measurements not 
influenced by reservoired 
water; no diversion above. 



Discharge measurement of Stanislaus River, Middle Fork, north of Shot Gun, 
Tuolumne County. 



1901. 
Sept. 16, 17 



Hydrographer . 



C. E. Moore _ 



Dis- 
charge. 



Sec. feet. 
300 



IRR 81—03 22 



338 



CALIFORNIA HYDROaRAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



Discharge measurement of Stanislaus Biver, Oakdale Ditch Company's Flume 
Stanislaus County. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Gage 
height. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Remarks, 


1899. 
May 19 

1902. 
May 12 

Do_- 


S. G. Bennett 


Feet. 


Sec-feet. 
10.6 

36.0 
73.0 
18.71 




S. G. Bennett 

.. .do 


23 


Flume No. 18, main canal be- 
low head of Oakdale Canal. 

Flume No. 6, main canal be- 


Do 


1 
do 


low head of Oakdale Canal. 




1 





Discharge measurements of Stanislaus Water Company's Canal, Stanislaus River, 
near Knights Ferry, Stanislaus County. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Gage 
height. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Remarks. 


1896. 
Sept. 8 
Oct. 30 


H. Crowe 


Feet. 


Sec-feet. 

66 

38 




J. B. Lippincott 








J. B. Lippincott 






1897. 
Feb. 16 


26 
18 


Below forks. 


Do 


.do 




Little John Canal. 




Total 








89 






J, B. Lippincott 








May 30 


54 
12 


Main canal below forks. 


Do 


do 




Little John Canal. 




Total 








66 






A. Q. Campbell 






July 13 
Do-_ 


86 
15 


Below forks. 


. .do 




Little John Canal. 




Total 








51 






A. Q. Campbell 






Sept. 6 
Do_. 


52 

1 

53 


Below forks. 


. .do 




Little John Canal. 




Total 








A. Q. Campbell 






Oct. 29 


35 
1 


Below forks. 


Do._ 


do 




Little John Canal. 




Total 








36 






J. B. Lippincott 






Dec. 19 


17 
4 


Below forks. 


Do... 


do 


Little John Canal. 




Total 






21 













LiPPiNcoTT.l STANISLAUS RIVEE. 339 

Discharge measurements of Stanislaus Water Company's Canal, etc. — Continued. 



Date. 


Hy drographer . 


Gage 
height. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Remarks. 


1898. 
Apr. 17 


J. B. Lippincott 


Feet. 


Sec-feet. 
58 




do 






June 1 


72 
42 
33 
33 

74 
71 

95 

85 

129 
3.5 




July 29 


do 




Do 


Oct. 5 


do 




Oct. 6 


.. .do ... _ 






1899. 
May 19 


S. G. Bennett 




Do. 


June 6 


do 




Do 


1900. 
May 9 

Sept. 7 


S. G. Bennett 

do 


2.79 


Do. 


1902. 
May 12 
Aug. 16 


S. G. Bennett 

E. T. Perkins 


1.14 


Flume No. 3, main canal. 
San Antonio CJreek VjpIoaat 




do 




mouth of Big Tree Creek. 


Aug. 17 


67 
1 


Angel's ditch near head 
North Fork Stanislaus. 

North Fork 400 feet below 


Do. 


. -do .._- 






Total 




suspension bridge. 




68 






E.T.Perkins 






Aug. 17 


2.3 

54 

16 


Mill Creek at junction Love 
and Morgan creeks. 

Power company's flume 
above ditch tender's house, 
South Fork. 

Do 


Aug. 20 


do ^.. 




Do-_ 


do 




Aug. 21 


do . 




53 




Do_ 


do 




126 

73 

53 

193 
170 
168 
171 
166 
154 


die Fork. 


Do.. 


do 




of Clarks Fork. 
Middle Fork above inonth 


Aug. 14 


do... . 




of Clarks Fork. 
StandcLrcl ditcli at fiiiine No 


Aug. 22 


L.M.Lawson . 




59. 
Below Colliers 


Aug. 24 


do 




Abbotts ferry. 
Parrotts ferry. 
Robinsons ferry. 
Knights ferry. 


Aug. 21 
Aug. 23 


do 

do 


.6 


Aug. 19 


do 




Aug. 17 


do 










below intake. 



340 CALIFOENIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no. 81. 

Discharge measurements of Stanislaus Water Company' s Canal, etc. — Continued. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


G-age 
height. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Remarks. 


1900. 
Sept. 7 

Sept. 7 


S. G. Bennett _ 


Feet. 


Sec- feet. 

«28 

i>85 


At head works Sta n i s 1 a u s 


do 




Water Co.'s Canal. 6 miles 
above Knights Ferry. 


Total 










113 













« River. & Canal. 

Discharge measurements of Stanislaus River, Tuolumne County. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Gage 
height. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Locality. 


1896. 
Sept. 3 

1901. 
Sept. 17 


.J. B. Lippincott 


Feet. 


Sec. -feet. 
60 

300 


South Fork at Sugar Pine. 
In flume; not entire flow of 
river. 

Middle Fork, 15 imiles above 


C. E. Moore 








junction with North Fork. 



STONY CREEK. 

This stream drains 700 square miles of the eastern slopes of the 
Coast Range. After reaching the Sacramento Valley It flows north 
for a number of miles, contrary to the general drainage, and then 
turns eastward and enters the Sacramento River 20 miles below Vina, 
Cal. A large portion of the basin near the heads of the stream is 
heavily covered with commercial timber. There are a number of good 
reservoir sites on this stream and its tributaries. 

On January 30, 1901, a gaging station was established by Mr. Burt 
Cole at Julian's ranch, 6 miles northwest of the town of Fruto, Cal., 
to determine the amount of water available for storage. 

For a description in detail of the reservoir sites and drainage basin 
of Stony Creek, see Water-Supply and Irrigation Paper No. SQ. 



LippiNcoTT] STOI^Y CEEEK. 341 

Discharge 7iieasurements of Stony Creek, Glenn County, Cal. 



Date. 



Aug., 1900« 
Sept., 1900« 
Oct., 1900« 
Nov. 22,1901 

Aug. 3, 1900 
Sept. 30,1900 

July 28,1900 
Aug. 3, 1900 
Sept. 30,1900 
Sept. 22,1900 
Aug., 1900« 
Sept., 1900C' 
Oct., 1900« 
Nov. 22,1901 

Sept. 21,1900 
Sept. 1,1899 

Nov. 11,1900 

Feb. 19,1901 
Feb. 27,1901 
Mar. 9, 1901 
Apr. 30,1901 
Sept. 3, 1901 
Nov. 21,1901 
Jan. 26,1902 
28, 1902 
,1902 
24, 1902 
21,1900 



Feb. 
May 

Sept. 
Sept. 



Do. 



Sept. 26,1900 do 



Hydrographer. 



[Burt Cole . . . 
H. E. Green. 



Burt Cole _ 
do .... 



do 

do 

do 

S. G. Bennett . 



•Burt Cole . . . 
H. E. Green. 



Burt Cole 

W. W. Brier 



Burt Cole . 



do 

do 

do 

S. G. Bennett . 

do 

H. E. Green- _. 
S. G. Bennett . 

do 

S. G. Bennett . 

do 

B. Cole 

do 



Sept. 21,1900 



.do 



Gage 
height. 



5.6 
4.9 
3.17 
4.3 
3.9 
10.0 
5. 33 
3.00 



Discharge. 



Sec-feet. 

0.0 

38.0 

1.7 
1.4 

2.3 

1.7 
1.3 

.0 



Locality. 



13. 
3. 



62.0 



/Grindstone Creek, 4 miles 
\ above mouth. 

Grindstone Creek, point 
above bridge. 

Hall ditch. 

Hall ditch, 100 feet above 
head gate. 

Orland ditch. 

Do. 

Do. 
1 mile below Elk Creek. 



Briscoe Creek, at mouth. 



Briscoe Creek, above dam 
site. 

Brown ditch. 

Thomas Creek, Tehama 
County, at Richfield Sta- 
tion. 

Julian's 



18,000. 

2,583. 

933. 

382. 

3. 

165. 

126. 

7,336. 

1,080. 

14. 

20. 



_ ng station, 
ranch. 



Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Laux ditch. 

Stony Creek, near Stony 
Fork, above Laux ditch. 

Stony Ford ditch, at head- 
gate. 

Welton ditch headgate. 



a Dry. 



b Estimated. 



342 



CALIFORNIA HYDROaRAPHY. 



[•NO. 81. 



Estimated monthly discharge of Stony Creek at Julian's ranch. 
[Drainage area, 760 square miles.] 



Discliar ge. 



Maximum. Minim.um. Mean, 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Per 
square 
mile. 



Depth. 



1901. 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October _ _ 

November 

December 

11 months 

1902. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 

The year _ 



Sec-feet. 

10-, 385 

2,215 

630 

555 

195 

15 

10 

725 

340 

1,125 

3,875 



Sec-feet. 

725 

435 

225 

225 

5 



2 

5 



35 

77 



10, 385 



150 

14, 650 

7,000 

4,680 

1,000 

370 

9 

5 

14 

225 

5, 005 

2,765 



Sec feet. 

2,707 

893 

361 

349 

66 

7 

4 

35 

130 

161 

425 



Acre-feet. 

150, 339 

54, 908 

■ 21,481 

21,459 

3,927 

430 

246 

2,083 

7,993 

9,580 

26, 132 



Sec-feet. 
3.56 
1.18 
.48 
.46 
.09 
.01 
.01 
.05 
.17 
.21 
.56 



428 



298, 578 



109 
109 
920 
690 
270 



5 

55 

109 

690 



114 

4,201 

2,588 

1,522 

578 

132 

3 

3 

9 

92 

1,584 

1,132 



7, 

233, 

159, 

90, 

35, 

7, 



010 
312 
130 
565 
540 
855 
184 
184 
536 
657 
255 
604 



.57 



0.15 

5.53 

3.41 

2.00 

.76 

.17 





.01 

.12 

2.08 

1.49 



Inches. 

3.71 
1.36 
.54 
.53 
.10 
.01 
.01 
.06 
.20 
.23 
.64 



7.39 



0.17 

5.76 

3.93 

2.33 

.88 

.19 





.01 

.14 

2.32 

1.72 



14, 650 



997 



703, 832 



1.31 



17.35 



LiPPiNcoTT] DISCHARGE TABLES. 843 

SUSAN RIVER. 

Discharge measareinents of Susan River at Honey Lake Basin, Lassen County. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Gage 
height. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Locality. 


1899. 




Feet. 


Sec. -feet. 




Apr. 18 
Apr. 18 
Apr. 23 
June 4 


Albert Halen 




25.0 


Mouth of Willow Creek. 


W. D. Minckler 




25.0 


Do. 


Albert Halen 




28.0 


Do. 


do 




25.0 

28.0 


Do. 


Apr. 24 


W. D. Minckler 




Willow Creek, near Raven- 






crofts. 


June 4 


do 




24.0 
21.0 


Do. 


June 11 


Albert Halen.. 




Do. 


June 1 1 


W.D. Minckler. . . 




21.0 


Do. 


1900. 








June 4 


L.H.Taylor 


2.60 


16.0 


Do. 


July 30 


do 


2.85 
2.80 


26.0 
20.0 


Do. 


Oct. 10 


do 


Do. 


1899. 










Apr. 18 


Albert Halen 




139.0 


Main river, dam near mouth 








of Willow Creek. 


Apr. 23 


.....do. 




115.0 
37.0 
33.0 
34.0 
14.5 


Do. 


June 4 


do 




Do. 


June 1 1 


do 




Do. 


June 11 


do 




Main river, below dam. 


Apr. 18 


W.D. Minckler 




Do. 


Apr. 23 


do . 




41.0 
34.0 


Do. 


June 11 


do 




Main river, below Colony 
dam. 










do 




23.0 


Do. 


1900. 








June 30 


L. H. Taylor 


3.20 


40.0 


Near Susanville. 


July 5 


do 


2.60 


8.0 


Do. 


1901. 










Mar. 16 


do 


4.30 


274.0 


Do. 


Apr. 5 


do 


4.00 


178.0 


Do. 


May 20 


do 


4.50 


351.0 


Do. 


June 7 


do 


3.60 


84.0 


Do. 



344 CALIFOENIA HYDROGflAPHY. [no. 81. 

Discharge measurements of Susan River at Honey Lake Basin, etc. — Continued. 



Date. 



June 11 

Apr. 24 
June 4 
Apr. 4 
June 4 
Apr. 18 
Apr. 23 
June 4 
June 11 



Hydrographer. 



W. D. Minckler _ 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 



Dis- 
charge. 



Sec. -feet. 
33.00 

31.00 
30.00 
11.00 
7.00 
30.00 
27.00 
15.00 
18.00 



Locality. 



North and South branches above 
Colon J dam. 

South Branch, Otis Johnson's. 

Do. 
North Branch, Otis Johnson's. 

Do. 
Tanners Slough. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 



SUTTER RIVER. 

Discha7'ge measurement of Sutter River, Amador County. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Locality. 


1899. 
Sept. 18 


S. G. Bennett 


Sec-feet. 
1.00 


At Sutter Creek (estimated). 



SWEETWATER RIVER. 

The drainage basin of Sweetwater River is in the extreme south- 
western corner of the United States, being in San Diego County, Cal. , 
adjacent to the Republic of Mexico. The river flows from the western 
slope of Cuyamaca Mountain, which rises to an elevation of 6,000 feet. 
The city of San Diego, on the coast, is about 33 miles west and 12 
miles south of this peak. The drainage basin is 34 miles in length by 
about 5 miles in width, its total area above the reservoir being 186 
square miles, as determined in part from survey and in part from the 
county maps. This area is classified as follows : 

Sq. miles. 

Steep and rocky mountains favorable to large run-off 26 

Lower rolling mountains, usually covered with brush 99 

Rolling hills, covered with soil and disintegrated granite 30 

Agricultural lands (17 per cent) and river bottom 81 

Total-.. 186 

The most noticeable topographic feature of this basin influencing the 
run-off is the abrupt flattening of the slopes at the base of the moun- 
tains into agricultural fields. The drainage lines deepty cut into the 
steep hillsides are quickly lost or are poorly defined in crossing the flat 



LippiNCOTT] SWEETWATEK RIVER. 345 

alluvial cones or partly filled valleys on the low grounds. In turn, 
the nearly level fields or parks drain into deep canyons. The occa- 
sional flood caused by a heavy rain rushing down the mountain side 
spreads out over the flat lands, much of it disappearing before it can 
reach the lower canyon. The steady percolation which might he 
expected at points beloAV is to a large extent cut off by the high rate 
of evaporation, and thus the percentage of run-off, taking the basin as 
a whole, is small. A more detailed description of this river is given 
in William Ham. Hall's report on irrigation in southern California. 

The figures relating to the amount of water draining from this basin 
and also the other details given in the following table have been com- 
piled from data obtained by Mr. H. K. Savage, chief engineer, and 
Mr. James D. Schuyler, consulting engineer, of the San Diego Land 
and Town Compan}^ The first column in the table gives the evapora- 
tion from the surface of the Sweetwater reservoir in inches in depth 
per month. This was measured from a metallic pan exposed to the 
direct rays of the sun at a point near the dam, this being continued in 
use until May, 1893. Subsequently observations were made by means 
of a Piche evaporometer.'^ This was placed in an instrument shelter 
of the ordinary type used by the Weather Bureau. This shelter is 15 
feet above the ground and about 40 feet above the level of the lake, 
being located 500 feet northeast from the gate tower. It has been 
noted that the records from the Piche evaporometer which cover the 
same months as those from the pan are in the ratio of 48 to 57. It is 
believed that the exposed j)an gives more nearly the evaporation from 
the water surface than the Piche evaporometer. If the evaporation 
were annually 5 feet in depth from the surface of the reservoir — that 
is, from the 70-foot level down to the 65-foot level — the loss Avould 
amount to 24 per cent of the total amount stored. The area of the 
reservoir at the 70-foot level is 721.86 acres. 

The average wind velocity given in miles per hour is that noted at 
the city of San Diego, 12 miles from the reservoir, and under similar 
conditions. In this connection it may be well to note the results 
obtained by Prof. Thomas Russell as to the effect of velocity upon 
evaporation obtained by whirling the Piche evaporometer at varying 
rates. 

Experiments were made which show that the effect of the wind on the evapora- 
tion from a vessel exposed in the open air is very great. Two Piche instruments 
were taken, one suspended in quiet air and the other fixed rigidly on the end of the 
28-foot arm of the whirling machine set up in the inclosure of the Pension Office 
building. The whirling machine was the one used in standardizing anemometer. 

The instruments, filled with water, were first weighed on a fine balance to the 
hundredth of a gram. The whirling arm was then turned so that the Piche on 
its end moved with a velocity of 5 miles an hour. The motion was continued for 



"Described by Prof. Thomas Russeli in the Monthly Weather Review for September, 1888, in 
connection with a report upon the depth of evaporation in the United States. 



346 CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no.81. 

half an hour, and at the end of the time both Piches were again weighed. Then 
the Piche that had been suspended in quiet air was put on the arm, and the one 
that had been on the arm was put in its place. The whirling was then started 
again at the same velocity, and continued for another half hour. At the end of 
the time the Piches were again weighed. While this was being done the humid- 
ity of the air was determined from time to time by means of whirled wet and dry 
bulb thermometers. 

Observations were also made in the same way with the Piche moving at veloci- 
ties of 10, 15, 20, 25. and 30 miles per hour. At a velocity of 5 miles an hour the 
evaporation from a Piche was 2.2 times that from one in quiet ^ir; at 10 miles, 
3.8 times; at 15 miles, 4.9 times; at 20 miles, 5.7 times; at 25 miles, 6.1 times; and 
at 30 miles, 6.3 times. During the time the observations were made, June 25 and 
26, 1888, the average temperature of the air was 83.7 and the relative humidity 
50 per cent. 

Measurements were made of the relative humidity at the reservoir 
during 1893 and 1894. When not obtained at this point they are given 
from the Weather Bureau figures for San Diego. The temperature of 
the air is taken as the average of the maximum and minimum daily 
readings. The temperature of the water in the lake and also in the 
pan was taken daily. That in the pan was observed at about 2 p. m., 
thus giving a reading slightly higher than that of the lake, as the pan 
under the hot sun caused the water to warm slightly. If two readings 
had been taken each day at intervals of twelve hours the average 
would probably have been verj^ nearly that of the lake. It is noted 
that the water in the lake was usually a few degrees warmer than the 
atmosphere. 

RAINFALL IN SVS^EETWATER BASIN. 

The rainfall has been measured at two rain gages, one at the reser- 
voir and one at Descanso, 25 miles east of the reservoir and at an 
elevation of 3,500 feet. The Descanso gage is 3 miles to the east of 
the summit of a ridge which may act in such a manner as to cut off 
the precipitation, thus reducing it below a theoretical amount for this 
position. In addition to the two rain gages within the drainage basin, 
the record from a third — that at the Cuayamaca reservoir — is given. 
This is at an elevation of 4,800 feet, and is only 3 miles distant from 
the divide between the drainage of Sweetwater and of San Diego 
River. The gage here is in a narrow valley or canyon, and the results 
obtained, being probably influenced by local topography, are regarded 
as excessive for this altitude and the locality. The rainfall at the 
dam in the winter of 1900-1901 was 11 inches. 

The total amount of precipitation, as obtained at the reservoir and 
at Descanso, is not considered as showing the rainfall upon the drain- 
age basin as a whole. One of the gages is located too high and the 
other too low to fairly represent the average conditions. In order, 
therefore, to obtain approximately the total amount of water falling 
upon the basin, certain assumptions are made and corrections are 



LippiNCOTT.] SWEETWATER RIVER. 347 

applied to the recorded precipitation. It is assumed that there is a 
regular increase in the rate of precipitation with altitude, and that 
this is at the rate of 0.6 inch of rain for each 100 feet increase in 
elevation. It is also assumed that the mean elevation of the whole 
basin is approximately 2,200 feet. Taking San Diego, which is nearly 
at sea level, as the base station, this, under the assumptions just 
given, would indicate that the rainfall on the basin should average 
13.2 inches greater than that at San Diego. As the average rainfall 
at San Diego is 9.92 inches, the rainfall on the Sweetwater catchment 
area should be 9.92 plus 13.2 inches, or 23.12 inches. 

In the same way the average rainfall is deduced from the measure- 
ments at the points within the basin. At Descanso the average rain- 
fall is 26.38 inches. This point, having an altitude of 3,500 feet, is 
1,300 feet above the assumed altitude of Sweetwater basin. Deduct- 
ing, therefore, 7.8 inches leaves 18.58 inches as the average rainfall. 
Again, taking the results obtained at the rain gage at the Sweetwater 
reservoir, 12.01 inches, at an elevation of 250 feet, and adding to this 
the theoretical increase due to altitude of 11.70 inches, the sum 23.71 
can be applied to the basin. The average of these two computations, 
based on the observations at Descanso and at the reservoir, is 21.14 
inches for the basin. This method has been used in the following 
table, page 351, in determining the average rainfall throughout the 186 
square miles in the catchment basin for each year, additions being 
made to the rainfall recorded at the reservoir, and subtractions from 
that at Descanso, the average of the two results thus obtained being 
given in the table. 

RUN-OFF FROM SWEETWATER BASIN. 

The discharge from this watershed, embracing 186 square miles, 
during the winter of 1900-1901, was 280,000,000 gallons, or 861 acre- 
feet. 

The run-off shown in the table on page 351 has been computed by 
Mr. H. N. Savage. The stream "usually ceased flowing about the 1st 
of June and remained dry throughout the summer, water flowing 
again in the fall or early winter after the rains began. At this latter 
time the reservoir is at a low stage, the water having been used for 
irrigation during the hot season. The flow into the reservoir, being 
wholly held, is therefore computed from the increase of height shown 
by the readings on the gage rod in the reservoir, due allowance being 
made for evaporation and the amount withdrawn. Later, when the 
reservoir is full and some of the water overflows, an additional amount 
must be added. To obtain this amount is a somewhat difficult matter, 
as the water flows out through a gate valve, over the waste weir, and 
also occasionally, during floods, over the top of the dam. 



348 



CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



Evaporation, temperature, and rainfall at Sweetwater reservoir, Sa7i Diego 

County. 



Evapora- 
tion. 



Wind 

(miles 

per 

hour). 



Humid- 
ity. 



Temperature. 



Air, 
degrees 
Fahren- 
heit. 



Water, 

degrees 
Fahren- 
heit. 



At reser- 
voir. 



At 
Des- 
canso. 



1888. 
September _ _ 

October 

November __ 
Decem.ber _ _ _ 

1889. 

January 

February _ , _ 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September __ 

October . 

November __ 
December _ - . 

1890. 

January 

February ___ 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September __ 

October 

November. ... 
December _ . _ 

1891. 

January 

February __. 

March 

April 



1.990 
3.336 
3.380 
4.961 
5.822 
6.806 
7.398 
8.253 
7.360 
2.998 
4.800 
.246 

1.588 
2.214 
3.280 
4.141 
6.140 
7.302 
7.380 
9.020 
6.482 
4.920 
5.535 
1.845 

3.608 
1.353 
3.075 

3.707 



4.8 
5.7 
5.4 
5.6 
5.9 
5.5 
5.1 
5.0 
5.1 
4.7 
4.4 
4.7 

5.0 
5.2 
4.9 
5.1 
4.6 
5.4 
4.7 
4.6 
4.3 
4.0 
4.3 
4.5 

4.4 
5.8 
5.3 
4.9 



70 



Inches. 

0.00 

.36 

2.81 

3.20 

1.56 

.82 

3.87 

.36 

.21 

.33 

.01 

.00 

.00 

2.22 

1.08 

7.07 

2.20 

2.07 
1.30 
.10 
.41 
.00 
.00 
.07 
.42 
.45 
.93 
2.29 

.83 
5.28 

.23 
1.27 



LippiNCOTT.] SWEETWATER RIVER. 849 

Evaporation, temperature, and rainfall at Sweetwater reservoir, etc. — Continued. 



Evapora- 
tion. 



Wind 
(miles 

per 
hour). 



Humid- 
ity. 



Temperature. 



Air, 
degrees 
Fahren- 
heit. 



Water, 
degrees 
Fahren- 
heit. 



Rainfall. 



At reser- 
voir. 



At 
Des- 
canso. 



1891. 

May 

Jnne 

July 

August 

September . 

October 

November . 
December . 

1892. 
January _ . 
February . 

March 

April . 

May 

June 

July 

August - . . 
September 

October 

November . 
December . 



Inches. 
5.599 
6.027 
6.501 
8.890 
6.150 
6.314 
4.100 
2.752 

2.542 
1.394 
3.075 

5.822 
4.674 
6.478 
8. 808 
6.540 
6.273 
6.560 
4.766 
2.614 



1893. 

January 2.7f 

February 2.214 

March 1.076 

April 5.002 

May 4. 902 

June 3.411 

July 5.318 

August 4.693 

September _.. 4.864 

October ! 4.586 

November j 4.513 

December ! 6. 283 

"End of measurements 



5.4 
4.6 

4.0 
3.8 
4.7 
3.8 
3.8 
5.4 

3.7 
4.7 
4.8 
5.5 
5.7 
5.6 
5.0 
4.9 
4.8 
4.2 
3.7 
4.3 



Per cent. 

75 
74 
78 
77 
76 
79 
74 
65 

58 
75 
73 
82 
68 
69 
73 
74 
74 
65 
50 



4.0 
5.1 
6.2 
5.3 
5.8 
4.9 
5.1 
5.0 
5.1 
4.6 
4.5 
4.5 



69 

78 
80 
82 
76 
72 
64 
54 

54 
63 
66 

70 
71 

74 
78 
78 
76 
«68 
60 
56 



I 



Inches. 

0.83 
.09* 
.00 
.03 
.00 
.00 
.13 



2.42 

3.47 
.55 
.93 

1.39 
.07 
.00 
.02 
.00 
.15 
.04 

2.12 



1.96 
6.50 

.27 
.20 
77 65 76 .00 

77 69 81 .16 

75 72 80 .00 

75 66 77 .00 

67 65 "70 .33 

65 58 60 .84 

60 58 58 2.08 

from pan and beginning of observations on Piche 



0.00 

.00 

1.50 

2.00 

3.01 

2.64 

14.07 

.50 

.00 

! .00 

! .75 

.00 

.25 

1.25 

3.15 

4.38 

e vapor ometer. 



350 CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no.81. 

Evaporation, temperature, and rainfall at Sweetwater reservoir, etc. — Continued. 





Evapora- 
tion. 


Wind 

(miles 

per 
hour). 


Humid- 
ity. 


Temperature. 


Rainfall. 


Month. 


Air, 

Fahren- 
heit. 


Water, 
degrees 
Fahren- 
heit. 


At reser- 
voir. 


At 
Des- 
canso. 


At 
Cuya- 
maca. 


1894. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 


Inches. 

3.897 
• 3.533 
3.008 
3.634 
3.451 
4.683 
3.161 
3.066 
4.637 
3.232 
3.347 
2.344 

2.357 

2.850 
3.121 
3.939 
4.119 
3.188 
«6.428 
«6.744 


5.0 
5.2 
5.8 
5.4 
5.7 
5.6 
5.2 
4.8 
5.1 
3.8 
3.9 
4.3 

6.0 
5.0 
5.3 
5.2 

5.8 


Per cent. 

68 

- 67 

73 

70 

74 
72 
75 
77 
76 
72 
76 
73 

74 
77 


50 
50 
56 
59 
59 
62 
67 
68 
69 
64 
59 
54 

53 
54 
56 
58 
63 
66 
69 
71 


52 
56 
59 
65 

68 
76 
80 
82 
75 
70 
64 
59 


Inches. 

0.36 
.71 

1.69 
.04 
.15 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.04 
.00 

3.03 

9.63 

1.52 

1.18 

.44 

.35 


Inches. 

2.10 

3.40 

3.63 

.13 

.50 

.38 

.12 

.13 

.00 

.00 

.00 

7.62 

19.52 

2.76 

3.13 

.64 

.63 


Inches. 
2.05 
2.05 
3.00 
.00 
1.00 


June 


.50 


July 


.00 


August 

September 

October 

November 

December 

1895. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 


1.50 

.40 

.00 

.00 

12.76 

28.43 

6.05 

5.52 

1.20 

.16 


June 


.00 .00 

.00 .00 


.00 


July 






.00 


August 






.00 .00 .00 















LIPPINCOTT.] 



SWEETWATER RIVER. 



351 



The following table gives, for the period from 1888 to 1901, the esti- 
mated precipitation upon the catchment basin, obtained as stated on 
page 347, also the depth of run-off in inches and the relation which 
this bears to the depth of rainfall, by years. The years chosen are 
not calendar years, but extend from September to August, inclusive, 
as this division is more in accordance with the distribution of rainfall 
and the discharge of the streams. 



Estimated rainfall upon the Sweetwater catchment basin; also depth c 

age of run-off. 



i percent- 





Rain. 


Run-off. 




Year. 


Per square 
mile. 


Inches. 


Per cent. 


1887-88 - -. 


Inches. 


Sec-feet. 
0. 0524 
.1875 
.1525 
.1602 
.0460 
.1210 
.0099 
.5452 
.0098 
.0512 
. 00003 
.0018 


.0063 








1888-89 


21.00 
25.71 
23.40 
17.14 
20.00 
14.76 
27.14 
19.54 
24.91 
18.18 
18. 51 
19.10 
23.65 
20.29 


2.54 

3.71 

2.07 
.62 

1.61 
.14 

7.12 
.101 
.665 
.0005 
.025 


.087 



12. 000 


1889-90 


14. 000 


1890-91 


9.000 


1891-92 - . 


4.000 


1892-93- .- _ -_ 


8.000 


1893-94 


1.000 


1894-95 


26. 000 


1895-96 


.517 


1896-97 

1897-98 

1898-99 - 


2.67 
.003 
.135 


1899-1900 





1900-1901 


.368 


1901-1902 . 










352 



OALIFORJ^IA HYDKOGRAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



The figures showing evaporation, wind movement, humidity, and 
temperature are brought together for comparison by years in the fol- 
lowing table. In this case, as stated above, the years extend from 
September to August, inclusive, as this most nearly agrees with the 
natural division. 

Annual evaporation, temperature, etc., in Sweetwater Basin, 
[Elevation.of reservoir, 250 feet. ] 



Period. 


Evaporation. 


Wind. 


Humidity. 


Tempera- 
ture of air. 


Tempera- 
ture of 
water. 


1888-89. 


Inches. 


Miles pel- 
hour. 


Pe7- cent. 


Deg. F. 


Deg.F, 


1889-90 


56.47 
57.54 
58.65 
49. 60 

48. 68 
46.31 
45.18 

a41.24 
61.93 

&32.54 


4.9 
4.6 

4.8 
4.9 
5.1 
5.2 
5.2 
5.3 
5.9 
5.8 
5.7 








1890-91 








1891-92 


72 
68 
70 
79 
71 
76 
73 
72 
75 


61 
61 
60 
59 
61 
61 
60 
59 
61 
62 


68 


1892-93 


67 


1893-94 . 


67 


1894-95 ._.:.. 

1895-96 




1896-97 




1897-98 




1898-99 




1899-1900 




1900-1901 

















a Evaporation January 1 to August 31. 



& Evaporation September 1 to April 30. 



FLOODS IN THE RIVER. 

The Sweetwater, like the other rivers of southern California, is lia- 
ble at times to extraordinary floods, due to heavy precipitation upon 
the catchment basin. In 1893 two floods furnished 70 per cent of the 
annual discharge of the river for that year. For the 24 hours ending 
March 24, 1893, the river discharged 3,069 acre-feet. For the seven 
days ending March 27, the total amount discharged was 7,980 acre- 
feet. In January, 1895, a flood was carefully watched and the flow 
computed at short intervals, as shown in the following table. The 
total run-off from 5 p. m. on January 14 to noon on January 22 was 
equivalent to a trifle over 4.70 inches over the whole drainage basin, 
or in all 46,670 acre-feet. This same storm gave a maximum dis- 
charge from Cedar, Boulder, and Colman creeks, aggregating 100 
square miles within the drainage basin of San Diego River, of 13,000 
second-feet. 



LippiNcoTT.] SWEETWATER RIVER. 353 

Rate of flow during flood of January, 1895, in Sweetwater River. 



January 14: 
5 p. m 

January 15: 
7 a. m . _ _ . 
12 m 

3 p. m 

4 p. m 

5 p. m 

6 p. m 

7 p. m 

9 p. m 

lOp. m__. 

January 16: 

5 a. ni 

6 a. m 

7 a. m 

8.30 a. m . 
9.30 a. m . 
10.30 a. m 
11.30 a. m 
12.30 p. m 
1.30 p. m _ 

2 p. m 

2.30 p.m.. 
3.30 p.m.. 

4 p. m 

4.30 p. m_. 
5.30 p.m.. 
6.30 p.m.. 
7.30 p.m.. 

8 p, m .... 
January 17: 

5 a. m .... 

6 a. m 

8 a. m _ .__ 



Second- 
feet. 





84 
1,855 
6,410 
5,214 
5,262 
4,152 
6,135 
5, 567 
5,080 

3, 297 

4,720 

3,585 

5,316 

5,370 

6,602 

8,713 

8,713 

13, 684 

13, 000 

15, 148 

18, 148 

14, 034 

14, 490 

7,227 

9,420 

8,310 

6,930 

5,302 
3, 545 
3,954 



January 17 

3 p. m 

January 18: 

8 a. m 

9 a. m 

10 a. m 

7 p. m 

January 19: 

5 a. m 

8.30a. m.- 
9.30 a. m_. 
10.30 a. m . 
11.30 a. m _ 
1.30 p. m.. 

3 p. m 

3.30 p. m_. 

4 p. m 

4.30 p.m.. 
9 p. m 

January 20: 
7 a. m 



-Continued. 



10 a. m 

11 a. m.-- 
l p. m 

2 p. m 

January 21: 

7 a. m 

10 a. m 

12 m 

5.30 p. m . 

January 22: 

7 a. m 

12 m 



INCREASE OF PRECIPITATION WITH ALTITUDE. 

In connection with the above data concerning the rainfall and run- 
off on the Sweetwater drainage basin, the writer has given a discus- 
sion of the precipitation in southern California, and has brought 

IRR 81—03 23 



354 CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no. 81. 

together figures showing the increase of rainfall with altitude. The 
following statement is quoted from a report made on this subject: 

The warm, moisture-laden winds from the sea on their inland journey are 
driven up the slopes in the Coast Range. As they rise in elevation they expand 
under the lighter atmospheric pressure, become chilled, and are deprived of all 
moisture in excess of the point of saturation at that temperature and pressure. 
This lowering of temperature in their ascent is more pronounced in winter than 
in summer, and, coupled with the fact that a high barometer is normal off the 
coast of southern California during the summer season, the winds yield much less 
rain. 

The year in California is naturally divided into a wet and a dry season, the dry 
season beginning about the 1st of May, with little rain falling, except in thunder- 
storms in the high mountains, before the 1st of October. The rains then grad- 
ually increase, reaching their maximum in January. The records of the United 
States Signal Service and the Weather Bureau begin the year with the 1st of Jan- 
uary. This is not a proper division in this region, as it will not show either the 
maximum or minimum years of rainfall. Engineers divide the year either with 
the 1st of July or the 1st of September. 

The effect of topography on rainfall is given in a report by Prof. G. E. Curtis « 
in the following words: 

' ' In general the amount of rain increases with the elevation above sea level up 
to a maximum plane, after which a decrease takes place. S. A. Hill has shown 
that in the northwest Himalayas, where the rainfall is most remarkable in amount 
and rate of variation, the observations can be represented by the following empir- 
ical formula: R=l+1.92 7i— 0.40/i^+0.027i^, in which R represents the amount 
of rain and li the relative height in units of 1,000 feet above the assumed plane, 
which is itself 1,000 feet above sea level. From this formula the height of maxi- 
mum rainfall is computed to be 3,160 feet above the plane, or 4,160 feet above sea 
level. It is further shown that this elevation is that at which, according to the 
observed law of decrease of temperature, the southwest monsoon is cooled just 
below its dew-point. This point will be that at which in the mean we should 
expect the maximum precipitation to take place. * * * A very rapid diminu- 
tion takes place on the leeward side, where the stations record only about half 
the amount of rainfall given by stations of equal elevation on the windward 
side." 

Similar conditions prevail in California. In illustration the following table 
(p. 355) is given, in which the results obtained at a base station are compared 
with those from other stations in the vicinity and on that parallel. The base sta- 
tion in each case is one whose record is of long standing. In the table the second 
column gives the period during which the record has been kept. The third shows 
the elevation of the station above sea. The fourth gives the annual average 
recorded rain at that station. The fifth gives the relation of the rainfall at the 
base station, during the years that rainfalls were actually recorded at the station 
under consideration, to the total average rainfall recorded at the base station 
during its entire period of observation. The record at the second station is then 
adjusted by this ratio and a probable average rainfall is determined for the station 
considered and entered in the sixth column under the head '' ' Probable mean rain. ' ' & 
For example, take the station Poway. The record at this point is for ten years, 
while the record at the base station, San Diego, has been kept for a period of 

a Signal Service Notes, No. 16. Tlie effect of wind currents on rainfall, by G. E. Curtis, "Wash- 
ington, 1884, pamphlet, 11 pp., pp. 6-7. 

fcSee statement of Arthur Jacobs, late executive engineer for irrigation, Her Majesty's Bom- 
bay Service, in Van NogtraTid'a Science Series, No. 6, p. H. 



LippiNCOTT] KELATIOJSr OF KAINFALL TO ELEVATION. 



855 



forty-five years. Now, the average annual rain for a period of forty-five years is 
probably nearer the actual average than that given by a record extending over a 
much less period. The tvro stations, being so near together and subject to the 
same general climatic conditions, have probably a close relation. If during the 
time that the record has been kept at Poway the rain at San Diego is found to be 
117 per cent of the average of forty-five years, then the recorded rain at Poway 
is assumed to be 117 per cent of the average there. 

By examining the data available, it has been found that the increase in precipi- 
tation due to elevation is approximately at the rate of 0.6 of an inch of rain for 
each 100 feet rise in elevation on the western slope of the Coast Range and of the 
Sierra Nevadas in California. There is also an increase due to elevation on the 
eastern slope, but this is very much less in amount. The figures in the seventh 
column in the table below have been obtained by adding the computed increase 
due to elevation above the base station to the recorded rain at the base station. 
By comparing these figures in the seventh column, showing theoretical rainfall, 
with the recorded mean rainfall and the probable mean rainfall given in the 
fourth and sixth columns, the applicability of this deduced rate of increase of 
precipitation with altitude is shown. 

Table showing the relation of rainfall to elevation in California. 



Eleva- 
tion. 



^®" PpTPftTit Probable 
corded. Percent. ^^^^^ ^ 



Theoret- 
ical. 



First group. 

San Diego « 

Sweetwater, reservoir 

Poway . 

Descanso 

Julian 

Cuyamaca 

Second group. 

Los Angeles « 

Bear Valley, reservoir 

Third groiip. 

Sacramento « 

Auburn 

Colfax 

Cisco 

Summit 

Fourth group. 

Truckee 

Reno 

Wadsworth 



1850-95 

1888-95 
1878-89 
1889-95 
1879-84 
1887-95 

1871-94 
1883-94 



1849-89 
1870-84 
1870-84 
1870-84 
1870-84 



1870-84 
1870-91 
1870-91 



Feet. 

250 

460 
3,500 
4,500 
4,800 



330 

>,000 



31 
1,360 

2,422 
5,934 
7,017 



5,919 
4,497 
4,085 



Inches. 

9.92 
12.37 
13.38 
26.65 
37.75 
44.66 



16.96 
54.03 



19.90 
32.72 
44. 81 
57.41 
47.93 



29.53 
5.17 
3.83 



Inche.s. 



103 
117 
101 
130 

102 



12.01 
11.43 
26.38 
29.04 
43.79 



11.42 
12. 68 
30.92 
36.92 

38.72 



110 



49.09 



50.92 



102 
102 

102 
102 



102 
102 
102 



32.08 
43.93 
56.28 
46.99 



28.95 
5.07 
3.75 



27.78 
34.20 
55.20 
61.80 



54.60 
46.56 

44.28 



« Base stations. 



356 



CALIFOKTN^IA HYDROGRAPHY, 



[NO. 81. 



The stations of the first and second groups are located in San Diego County, and 
are all on the western slope of the Coast Range. Bear Valley is 80 miles east of 
Los Angeles on the same slope. The third group comprises the stations along the 
Central Pacific from Sacramento east to the summit, and the fourth those along 
the same line of road on the eastern slope 14, 49, and 83 miles by rail beyond the 
summit. This fourth group is given to show that wholly different conditions 
prevail on the eastern and on the western slope of the mountain. 

All these records are seasonal, the year being divided at the 1st of September 
when possible. Data are given from Signal Service and Weather Bureau reports, 
and from those of the California State engineer, the former being accepted in 
cases of difference. Excepting the fourth or last group, which is given simply to 
show that the conditions prevailing on the eastern slope are different from those 
of the western, it may be seen that the theoretical rain is very nearly the same as 
the probable mean rain. The instances where the widest variations exist usually 
can be explained. 

In regard to the value of the theoretical rainfall, reference may again be made 
to the paper by Professor Curtis. He states (p. 8) that the Signal Service, in an 
investigation of the rainfall on the summit of Mount Washington to determine 
the local distribution and the average rainfall for the station, placed five gages on 
the summit of the mountain, one in the center and four to the four points of the 
compass 75 feet distant from it. It has been known for a long time that a gage 
placed at an elevation above ground usually recorded less than one placed on the 
ground below, this difference being caused by wind currents. The increased 
velocities of the wind around the corners and over the tops of the buildings, hills, 
or even the gage, tend to increase the slant of the falling rain at those points, and 
when just past the obstruction, the velocity of the wind being again reduced, a 
heavier fall of rain will be deposited. In this experiment on Mount Washington 
observations v/ere made from September 1, 1882, to October 1, 1883. As the meas- 
urement of snow was reported as altogether unreliable, it was excluded. In the 
following table it is shown that the windward gages had received during this 
period 24.64 inches of rain and the leeward ones 28.43 inches, single storms show- 
ing greater variation. The conclusion reached is that precipitation varies mate- 
rially within distances of only 100 or 200 feet. 

The most remarkable feature of the experiment is the different results obtained 
from gages with 3-inch and 8-inch catchment cups. The gages that were set to 
the four points of the compass had 3-inch cups and the regular station gage had 
one 8-inch cup. For the period in question the four exterior gages recorded 45.82, 
51.19, 45.40, and 42.63 inches, respectively, while the regular station gage recorded 
58.70 inches of rain. 



Comparative reading of 3-inch and 8-inch gages in wind. 





Wind velocity in miles per hour. 




15 


40 


60 


75 


Diameter of gage 

Amount of rain 


Inches. 
3 
1.75 


Inches. 

8 
1.84 


Inches. 

3 

2.77 


Inches. 

8 
3.37 


Inches. 
3 
1.60 


Inches. 

8 
2.44 


Inches. 
3 

1.87 


Inches. 
8 
3.49 


Per cent . 


100 


105 


100 


122 


100 


152 


100 


186 











LTPPINCOTT.] 



TECOLOTE AND TEJON HOUSE CREEKS. 



357 



In view of these records, which are taken with experimental care, the statement 
would be justified that the " Probable rainfall," as shown in the table on page 351, 
agrees with the " Theoretical rainfall " as closely as it can be measured, the gages 
being of different makes and sizes. 

The recorded rainfall of the Cuyamaca gage is probably in excess of the average 
rain for this elevation and the locality, and it is so considered by engineers in 
San Diego. The gage is in a narrow valley or canyon, and is probably affected 
by the winds and the topography. 

It will be seen that Cisco, with an elevation of 5,934 feet, has a rainfall of 56.28 
inches, while Summit, 13 miles beyond, with an elevation of 7,017, has only 46.99 
inches of rain. It may be that this variation is due to the wind action, especially 
on the snow, which averages each year 31 feet in depth, or to the fact that "Sum- 
mit is above the plane of maximum rainfall, as mentioned on page 354. 

TECOLOTE CREEK. 

Discharge measurement of Tecolote Creek, Santa Barbara County. 



1899. 
Aug. - 



Hydrographer. 



G. F. Wright _ 



Dis- 
charge. 



Sec-feet. 
«0.27 



a Drainage area, 2 square miles. 

TEJON CREEK. 
See Fort Tejon Creek. 

TEJON HOUSE CREEK. 



Discharge measurements of Tejon House Creek, at Tejon Ranch House, Ker^n 

County. 



Date. 



Hydrographer . 



Dis- 
charge. 



1895. 
Mar. 6 
Apr. 3 
Sept. 4 
Nov. 18 

1896. 
Feb. 1 
Feb. 2 
June 4 
June 5 
Dec. 18 
Dec. 19 



J. B. Lippincott 

do__ 

A. P. Davis and J. B. Lippincott _ 
J. B. Lippincott 



J. B. Lippincott - 
do 



_do . 
.do. 
.do . 
.do . 



Sec. -feet. 
22.7 
17.2 
1.57 
3.46 

7.82 
18.3 
6.09 
8.31 
3.96 
2.66 



358 



CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY, 
TEMESCAL CREEK. 



[NO. 81. 



Discharge measurements of Temescal Creek at lower pipe line, Temescal Land and 
Water Company, Temescal, Riverside County, Cal. 



1899. 
Jan. 28 
Feb. 1 
Feb. 11 
Feb. 15 
Feb. 20 
Mar. 4 
Mar. 12 
Mar. 18 
Mar. 25 
Mar. 31 
Apr. 14 
Apr. 22 
Apr. 29 
May 6 
May 13 
May 30 
June 9 
June 15 
July 4 
July 19 
July 25 
Aug. 5 
Aug. 11 
Aug. 21 



Hy dr ograplier . 



F. Rolfe 

do _ 

do _ 

do _ 

do - 

do _ 

do _ 

do- 

do_ 

do _ 

do . 

do _ 

do. 

do _ 

do . 

do . 

do _ 

do _ 

do . 

do - 

do - 

do _ 

do _ 

do - 



Dis- 
charge. 



;, -feet. 
0.66 
0.00 

.31 
1.39 
1.56 
4.22 
3.55 
2.69 
2.91 
3. 42 

.89 
2.28 
2.28 
4.46 
2.55 
3.08 
3.10 
2.36 
2.87 
2.03 
2.49 
1.12 
2.40 
2.65 



LTPPINCOTT.] 



TEMESCAL CEEEK. 



359 



Discharge measurements of Temescal Creek at upper pipe line, Temescal Land and 
Water Company, Temescal, Riverside County. 



Hydrographer. 



Dis- 
charge. 



S.G.Eennett- 

F.Rolfe 

....do 

.....do 

....do 

....do 

do 

...do 

do 

...do 

do 

do 

do.. .. 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

.,_.do 

. ...do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do ...... 



Sec-feet. 
0.99 
.74 
1.62 
.87 
3.67 
3.37 
3.87 
5.10 
3.56 
3.74 
4.16 
2.93 
3.71 
3.22 
2.80 
4.02 
4.21 
4.01 
3.36 
3.52 
3.21 
3.20 
3.67 
1.48 
4.26 
3.84 



Discharge measiwements of Evans ditch, Temescal Creek, Temescal, Riverside 

County. 



Hydrographer. 



Dis- 
charge. 



Sec-feet. 
3.75 
3.00 



860 CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. 

TORO CANYON. 

Discharge measurement of Toro Canyon, Santa Barbara County. 



[NO. 81. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


1900. 
June 16 


J. B. Lippincott 


Sec-feet. 
0.05 









TRABUCO CREEK. 

Discharge measurement of Trahuco Creek, Orange County. 



Hydrographer. 



Dis- 
charge. 



May 24 



F. Rolfe . 



Sec-feet. 

«1.08 



rt Ditch near San Juan Capistrano. 

TRUCKEE RIVER. 

TRUCKEE RIVER AT TAHOE, CAL. 

Truckee River, the natural outlet of Lake Tahoe, leaves the lake 
at the city of Tahoe. About 500 feet frota the lake there is a timber 
dam across the river, which has been maintained for more than 
twenty years for the purpose of controlling the discharge from the 
lake. During the early part of the year 1900 the gates in this dam 
were kept closed, not being opened until June 17, when a gage was 
placed in the stream for the purpose of recording the height of the 
water in the river. The gage is a vertical timber driven into the 
stream bed at the left bank, about 300 feet below the dam, and is 
spiked to the root of a tree growing on the bank. The bench mark 
is cut in the side of the tree, and is 4 feet above gage datum. The 
measurements are made from a cable and suspended car about one- 
fourth of a mile below the gage, which was placed as near the city of 
Tahoe as possible for the convenience of the observer. At the point 
of measurement the right bank is low, and is subject to overflow at 
very high stages of the stream, but the left bank is rather high. The 
channel is nearly straight for a short distance above and below the 
station, and the bed of the river, which is of gravel and coarse sand, 
is smooth and stable. The. purpose of the station is to ascertain the 
actual outflow from Lake Tahoe, with a view to determining its value 
as a storage reservoir. 



LIPPINCOTT] TRUCKEE RIVER. , 861 

Discharge measurements of Truckee River at outlet of Lake Tahoe, Placer County. 



Date. 


Hydi'ograplier. 


Dis- 
charge. 


1899. 
July 9 
Aug. 8 
Aug. 14 
Aug. 18 




Sec-feet. 
136 




75 
56 




49 



Discharge measurements of Truckee River at Tahoe, Placer Coimty. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


height. 


Dis- 
charge. 


1900. 
June 18 
June 30 


L. H. Taylor 

do - 


Feet. 
0.75 
1.45 
1.60 
1.40 
.40 
.95 
1.15 

1.94 
1.85 
1.57 
1.23 
1.00 


Sec-feet. 

92 
2.40 


July 12 


do . 


2.77 


Sept. 7 
Oct. 23 


do 


225 


do 


52 


Oct. 23 


do 


130 


Oct. 23 


_do 


158 


1901. 
Sept. 5 


C. V. Taylor 


386 


Sept. 12 
Nov. 11 


do 


356 


do 


296 


Nov. 11 


do .... 


187 


Nov. 11 


do 


141 


1902. 
Oct. 22 


E. C. Murphy 


320 











Discharge measurements of Truckee River one-half mile beloiv Truckee. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


1900. 
June 3 




Sec. feet. 

364 


June 12 




264 









862 



CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. 



Estimated monthly discharge of Truckee River at Tahoe. 
[Drainage area, 519 square miles.] 



Discharge. 



Maximum. Minimum. Mean, 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Per 

square 
mile. 



1895. 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 



1896. 

January 

February 

1900. 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September _ _ _ 

October 

November 

December 



1901. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May . 

June 

July 

August 

September . _ . 

October 

November 

December 



Sec. -feet. 

1,185 
441 
392 
496 
471 
253 



292 



236 
260 
260 
224 

177 

200 

99 

117 

117 

30 

30 



178 

293 

555 

390 

308 

293 

189 



Sec-feet, 

442 
393 
357 
344 
408 
246 

244 







211 

177 

155 





85 

30 

30 







156 

293 

117 

251 

189 

100 



Sec-feet. 
914 
425 
374 
415 
437 
250 

262 
290 







52 

214 

232 

196 

159 

135 

81 

102 

81 

30 

9 



30 

225 

419 

326 

282 

247 

111 



Acre-feet. 
56, 200 
26,111 
22, 244 
25, 538 
26, 002 
15, 388 

16,102 
16,677 







3,106 

13,131 

14, 261 

11,667 

9,781 

8,047 

4,981 

6,262 

4,502 

1,845 

565 



1,765 

13,809 

25, 760 

19, 395 

17,308 

14,678 

6,841 



Sec-feet. 

1.76 

82 



The year , 



155 



112,730 



LTPPINCOTT.] 



TRUCKEE RIVEB. 



863 



Discharge measurements of tributaries of Truckee River at various points. 

DEER CREEK, PLACER COUNTY. 



Date. 


Hy drographer . 


Dis- 
charge. 


1900. 
June 16 




Sec-feet. 
25.2 









SQUAW CREEK, PLACER COUNTY. 



1900. 
June 5 
June 16 
Sept. 14 



81.4 
46.0 
2.76 



DONNER CREEK, NEAR DONNER LAKE. 



1900. 


May 


16 


May 


29 


July 


13 


Aug. 


20 


Sept. 


13 



127.8 

73.4 

1.09 

69.0 

19.2 



DONNER CREEK, NEAR TRUCKEE RIVER. 



1900. 
May 21 




324.5 


June 3 




127.0 


June 12 




98.9 


July 13 




14.7 


1902. 
Oct. 22 


E.G. Murphy 


3.25 









COLD CREEK, NEVADA COUNTY. 



1900. 
Sept. 13 



1.35 



364 CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no. 81. 

Discharge measurements of tributaries of Truckee River, etc. — Continued. 



MABTIS CREEK. 



Date. 


Hy drographer . 


Dis- 
charge. 


1889. 
June 1 




Sec-feet. 
19 


June 22 






1900. 
May 21 
June 4 




24.51 




17.52 


Sept. 14 




8.54 







JUNIPER CREEK AT CLINTON. 



1889. 
May 30 

1900. 
June 6 
Sept. 15 



JOE GRAY CREEK AT ICELANB. 



1889. 


May 


31 


1900. 


May 


19 


Jnly 


28 


Sept. 


15 



ALDER CREEK AT FLORI8TON. 



1889. 
May 31 

1900. 
May 19 
July 25 




43 




«30 




12.63 


Sept. 10 




10.29 









LippiNcoTT.] TEUCKEE RIVER. 365 

Discharge measurements of tributaries of Truekee River, etc. — Continued. 



DOG VALLEY CREEK AT VERDI. 



Hydrographer. 



D.W.Hays. 



TRUCKEE RIVER AT ESSEX, WASHOE COUNTY, NEV. 



SQUAW CREEK ABOUT HALFWAY FROM LAKE TAHOE. 



CREEK NEAR TAHOE TOLLGATB. 





DONNER CREEK. 




1889. 
July 3 




8 


July 6 




5 


July 11 




2 


July 16 




1 


Aug. 7 




.9 


Aug. 10 
Aug. 17 




.3 
.3 









366 CALIFORNIA HYDROGEAPHY. [no. 81. 

Discharge measurements of tributaries of Truckee River, etc. — Continued. 

COLD CREEK THREE-QUARTERS OF A MILE BELOW CONNER LAKE. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


1889. 
June 28 
July 3 
July 6 
July 11 
Aug. 7 
Aug. 10 
Aug. 17 




Sec-feet. 
11 
10 




5 




1 




1 




1 




.7 







PROSSER CREEK. 



E. C. Murphy . 



«145 

a 25 
« 9. 54 

&21.24 



LITTLE TRUCKEE RIVER AT BOCA. 



^600 




492 




8. 


94 


27. 


14 



HUNTER CREEK. 



40.7 
5.93 



INDEPENDENCE CREEK AT INDEPENDENCE LAKE. 



E.G. Murphy . 



.27 



c Approximate. 



LIPPINCOTT.] 



TRUCKEE RIVER. 



367 



Discharge nieasiirenients of streams flowing into Lake Tahoe. 

WARD CREEK. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


1900. 
May 5 




Sec-feet. 
147 







BLACKWOOD CREEK. 



1900. 
May 6 



140 



THREE SMALL STREAMS BETWEEN IDLEWILD AND MCKINNEY'S. 



1900. 

May 6 



«12 



M'KINNEY CREEK. 



1900. 

May 6 



150 



GENERAL CREEK. 



1900. 

May 7 



100 



MEIGGS CREEK. 



1900. 

May 7 



130 



EIVE SMALL STREAMS BETWEEN MEEKS CREEK AND EMERALD BAY. 



1900. 

May 7-! 



«12 



EMERALD BAY CREEK. 



1900. 

May 



60 



"Estimated. 



368 CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no.J 

Discharge measurements of streams flowing into Lake Tahoe — Continued. 



CASCADE CREEK. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


1900. 
May 8 




Sec-feet. 
30 






TAYLOR CREEK. 


1900. 

May 8 




160 


' 




UPPER TRUCKEE RIVER. 


1900. 

May 9 


■ 


350 






TEN SMALL. STREAMS BETWEEN BLJOU AND GLEN BROOK IN NEVADA. 


1900. 
May 10 




«15 







TRUCKEE RIVER AT NEVADA- CALIFORNIA STATE LINE. 

This river has its source on the slopes of the Sierra Nevada in 
eastern California and flows northward, entering Lake Tahoe. This 
lake is at an elevation of 6,225 feet, and is the largest body of fresh 
water in the United States at this considerable altitude. The area 
of the lake itself is 193 square miles. As the State line between 
Nevada and California passes through the lake, a portion of it is in 
each State. The outlet of the lake is at Tahoe, Cal., and Truckee 
River from this point has a general northward course, receiving a num- 
ber of important tributaries which contribute to its flow. There are 
a number of lakes at the headwaters of the branch stream, which 
have been surveyed and recommended as reservoir sites. The drainage 
area is mapped on the Pyramid Peak, Truckee, Carson, and Marklee- 
ville atlas sheets of the United States Geological Survey. The basin 
is now partially included in the Lake Tahoe forest reserve, set apart 
by Executive proclamation of April 13, 1899. September 7, 1899, a 
station was established on this river by L. H. Taylor, at the State 
line, 17 miles west of Reno, Nev. The gage is vertical, driven into 
the bed of the river and wired to a granite bowlder. The bench mark 



LIPPINCOTT.] 



TRUCKEE RIVER. 



369 



is the top of the rock to which the rod is fastened, and is at an eleva- 
tion of 10 feet above gage datum. The channel is straight for a 
short distance above and below the station. The banks are not liable 
to overflow. The bed of the river is of gravel and cobbles and is 
quite stable. 

Discharge measurements of Truckee River at State line. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


height. 


Dis- 
charge. 


1899. 

Sept. 7 

1900. 
Apr. 10 
May 15 
May 22 
June 1 


L. H. Taylor _ , . . 


Feet. 
2.0 

2.9 
4.1 
4.3 
3.7 
3.2 
2.5 
2.5 
2.3 
1.9 

1.5 

4.5 

3.4 

3.9 

2.6 

2.1 

2.2 

2.0 

1.95 

1.75 


Sec-feet. 
303 


L. H. Taylor 


753 


do . 


1,493 


do 


1,629 


do 


1,113 


June 15 


do . 


901 


July 1 
July 14 
Sept. 6 
Oct. 2 


.. do .. . .. 


534 


do 


551 


do 


447 


do 


318 


1901. 
Feb. 13 


C. V. Taylor 


298 


Feb. 27 


do 


2,474 


Mar. 11 


do - -- _ . 


1,262 


June 9 


., _do _ - .... 


1,741 


July 13 
Aug. 16 
Sept. 3 
Sept. 14 
Nov. 9 


do . 


811 


do 


528 


do 


570 


do 


478 


do . - _ 


437 


Dec. 14 


do . -._ 


353 


1902. 
Apr. 10 


C. V. Taylor 


1,492 


May 10 


do 




2,384 







IRR 81—03-- 



-24 



370 



CALIFOENIA HYDEOGEAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



Estimated monthly discharge of TrucJcee River at Nevada-California State line. 
[Drainage area, 955 square miles.] 



1899. 
September 17-30 __ 

October 

November . 

December 



1900. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September . _ . 

October 

November 

December 



The year _ 



Discharge. 



Maximum. Minimum. Mean, 



Sec. 'feet. 

363 

632 

1,566 

328 



897 

363 

1, 131 

1,409 

1,885 

1,409 

533 

486 

486 

897 

897 

1,131 



1,885 



Sec-feet. 
295 
295 
295 
264 



295 
264 
295 
735 
1,196 
328 
401 
328 
205 
234 
328 
205 



205 



Sec-feet. 
303 
354 
581 
295 



392 

318 
797 
902 
1,528 
950 
459 
396 
367 
481 
480 
407 



623 



Total 
discharge. 



Acre-feet. 

18,030 
21,767 
34, 572 
18, 139 



24, 103 
17,661 
49, 006 
53, 673 
93, 953 
56, 529 
28, 223 
24, 349 
21,838 
29, 575 
28, 562 
25, 025 



452, 497 



Run-off. 



Per 
square 
mile. 



Sec-feet. 

0.32 

.37 

.61 

.31 



0.41 
.33 
.83 
.94 

1.60 
.99 
.48 
.41 
.38 
.50 
.50 
.43 



.65 



Depth. 



Inches. 
0.36 
.43 



0.47 

.34 

.96 

1.05 

1.84 

1.10 

.55 

.47 

.42 

.58 

.56 

.50 



TRUCKEE RIVER AT VISTA, NEV. 

On the lower courses of this river there are considerable stretches 
of irrigable land which, however, have not yet been developed to their 
fullest extent. The drainage basin is peculiar in that its mountain- 
ous collecting area is located in the State of California, while the lands 
which can be irrigated are situated in Nevada. This may lead in the 
future to certain legal difficulties, but not to the extent that it would 
if there were agricultural lands in both States. Truckee River, after 
entering Nevada, flows in a general easterly and then northerly direc- 
tion, emptying into Pyramid Lake. The drainage area is mapped on 
the Pyramid Peak, Truckee, Markleeville, Carson, Reno, and Wads- 
worth atlas sheets of the United States Geological Survey. The 
station at Vista, Nev., was established August 18, 1899, by L. H. Tay- 
lor, and is located 7 miles east of Reno. The rod is spiked to posts 
driven into the bed of the river. The bench mark is on a bluff of 
rock 500 feet east of the gage, and is at an elevation of 17.50 feet 



LIPPINCOTT.] 



TRUCKEE EIVER. 



371 



above gage datum. A new bench mark was established March 14, 
1901, on the top of a 2 by 2 inch plug driven 2 feet into the ground at 
the upper end of the inclined gage on the left bank. Its elevation is 
9.60 feet above the datum of the gage. Both banks are high and not 
liable to overflow. The bed is rocky and not subject to change. 

Discharge measurements of Truckee River at Vista, Nev. 
[L. H. Taylor, hydrographer.] 



1899. 

September 5 

October 28 

1900. 

April 25 

May 14 

May 23 

June 9 

June 14 

June 19 

June 28 1 

July2 

July 10 

July 24 

August 22 

September 28 . 

1901. 

February 22 

March 14 

March 20 . 

June 21 

July 12 

August 15 

September 2 

September 14 

November 13 

December 15 



Gage 
heiglit. 



Feet. 
2.0 
2.75 

3.30 
3.80 
4.30 
3.80 
4.10 
2.90 
2.70 
2.20 
2.05 
2.00 
2.30 
2.25 

6.35 
3.85 

3.88 
4.10 
2.70 
2.20 
2.50 
2.40 
3.05 
2.78 



Dis- 
charge. 



Sec,-feet. 
105 

477 



7.57 



1,326 
967 

1,150 
471 
372 
207 
138 
99 
198 
226 

3,077 

«899 

«911 

1,165 

417 

198 

325 

276 

584 

448 



a Results too small. 



372 



CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



Estimated monthly discharge of Truckee River at Vista, Nev. 
[Drainage area 1,519 square miles.] 





Discharge. 


Total dis- 
charge. 


Run-ofiE. 


Month. 


Maximum. 


Minimum. 


Mean. 


Per 
square 
mile. 


Depth. 


1890. 

April 


Sec-feet. 


Sec-feet. 


Sec-feet. 

4,496 

5,990 

4,162 

2,198 

952 

682 

742 

765 

750 


Acre-feet. 


Sec-feet. 


Inches. 


May 












June 












July 












Auanist 












SpDtember 












October 












November 












December - _ . 
























1891. 
Jamiary 






«700 

«650 

«650 

1,523 

2,765 

1,905 

945 

485 

558 

561 

503 

508 








February . . . . _ _ 












March 












April 












May 












June 












July 












August - 


... 










September 












October 












November 












December 
























The year 






980 




















1892. 
January . . _ . 






593 
505 
723 

854 
937 








February 












March 












April 












May_ 













a Estimated. 



LiPPiNcoTT.] TRUCKEE RIVER. 378 

Estimated monthly discharge of Truckee River at Vista, Nev. — Continued. 



1899. 
August 18-31. 

September 

October 

November 

December 



1900. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September . . _ 

October 

November 

December 



The year . 

1901. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May _._. 

June . 

July 

August 

September.. 

October 

November 

December 



The year . 



Discharge. 



Maximum. Minimum. Mean, 



Sec. -feet. 



188 
1,066 
1,123 

709 



1,210 

529 

1,094 

1,239 

1,477 

1,239 

307 

283 

283 

1,123 

1,298 

1,268 



1,477 



1,505 

4,213 

2,209 

1,942 

4,213 

1,942 

995 

492 

467 

720 

882 

1,287 

4,213 



Sec. -feet. 



74 
144 
355 
331 



380 
380 
454 
479 
843 
259 
74 
61 
105 
258 
331 
429 



61 



418 
418 
938 
747 
1,410 
854 
146 
128 
251 
370 
467 
322 

128 



Sec-feet. 
114 
152 
378 
516 
456 



479 
426 
857 
756 
1,257 
709 
110 
122 
192 
430 
566 
554 



538 



661 

1,486 

1,328 

1,380 

2,145 

1,263 

425 

315 

329 

477 

557 

510 

906 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Acre-feet. 



9,073 
23, 251 
30,713 
28,019 



29, 445 
23, 671 
52, 668 
44, 982 
77, 289 
42, 201 
6,746 
7,513 
11,449 
26, 456 
33, 660 
34, 049 



390, 129 



40, 
82, 
81, 
82, 
131, 
75, 
26, 
19, 
19, 
29, 
33, 
31, 



644 
529 
657 
117 
894 
155 
133 
369 
577 
330 
144 
357 



652, 906 



Run-off. 



Sec-feet. 



0.10 
.25 
.34 
.30 



0.32 

.28 
.56 
.50 
.83 
.47 
.07 
.08 
.13 
.28 
.37 
.36 



.35 



0.44 

.98 
.87 
.91 
1.42 
.83 
.28 
.21 
22 
.31 
.37 
.34 

.60 



374 



CALIFOKNIA HYDROGEAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



TULE RIVER. 

Tule River drains a portion of the western slope of the Sierra Nevada. 
Its watershed is somewhat less productive of run-off than that of 
Kaweah River, which joins it on the north, and much less elevated 
and snow covered than Kings River basin. 

The waters of this stream are all appropriated during the irrigation 
season, and a portion of them are used in irrigating valuable orange 
lands in the vicinity of Porterville, Cal. 

The gaging station is located about 8 miles east of Porterville, at a 
point just below the wagon bridge near the McFarland ranch, and 
about 1 mile above the moiith of the South Fork of Tule River. The 
station was established April 18, 1901. The gage rod is situated on 
the right bank of the river, 100 feet below the bridge. The zero of 
the gage is 8 feet below a spike driven into a large cottonwood tree. 
The area of the watershed above the gaging station is approximately 
300 square miles. 



Discharge measurements of Tule River. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Location. 


Nov. 
Nov. 


18, 1895 
18, 1895 

2,1900 
2, 1900 

3, 1902 
3, 1902 

3, 1902 
3, 1902 

19, 1901 

3, 1902 

23, 1901 

28, 1901 


J. B. Lippincott 

do .... - 


Sec-feet. 
32.1 
28.4 


In Pioneer canal. 
River below canal. 




Total 






60.5 






S. G. Bennett 




Sept. 
Sept. 


4.3 

4.7 


Canal. 


do . 


River. 


Total 






9.0 






L. M. Lawson 




Oct. 


7.0 

8.2 


Canal. 


Oct. 


do 


River. 




Total 






15.2 






L. M. Lawson 




Oct. 


14.0 
7.0 

19.8 

8.2 

152.0 

164.6 


At head works, Pioneer canal. 


Oct. 


do . . 


1 mile below intake, Pioneer 


July 
Oct. 


A.E. Chandler 

L. M. Lawson 


canal. 
Below intake of Pioneer canal. 


May 

June 


W.N.Frickstad 

A.E. Chandler 


Rockford Bridge, 6 miles west 
of Porterville. 

14 miles above Porterville. 



LippiNcoTT.j TITLE RIVER. 

Discharge measurements of Tule River, Tulare County. 



375 



Date. 



Hydrographer. 



Dis- 
charge. 



1902. 
Sept. 30 

Sept. 30 

Oct. 1 



E.T.Perkins - 

do 

do 



Oct. 
Oct. 

Oct. 

Oct. 

Oct. 

Oct. 



_do . 
.do . 



do 

do 

L. M. Lawson_ 
do 



Sec-feet. 

2.6 

14.0 

24.0 

15.0 
10.0 

3.0 

3.2 

(a) 
4.0 



Middle Fork, trail crossing below lo- 
cation of Doyle's headworks. 

Middle Fork 100 yards above head 
Doyles ditch. 

Middle Fork at trail crossing near 
junction with East Fork, 

East Fork 100 yards above mouth. 

East Fork at trail crossing Nelsons 
to Indian Reservation. • 

South Fork 6 miles below Indian 
Agency. 

South Fork near Tom Wheaton's 
ranch. 

South Fork at junction of North 
Fork. 

Pioneer canal at Porter ville. 



«Dry. 

Discharge measurements of Tule River at McFarlands Bridge, above mouth of 

South Fork. 



Date. 


Hydrographei*. 


height. 


Dis- 
charge. 


1901. 
Apr. 18 


S. G. Bennett . . 


Feet. 
2.5 
2.85 
2.65 
2.00 
1.23 
1.00 
1.44 

1,33 
2.2 
3.03 
.92 


Sec-feet. 
233 


May 22 
June 10 


J. B. Lippincott 

do 


338 
311 


June 28 
July 29 


A. E. Chandler 

S. G. Bennett 


148 
30 


Oct. 18 


do 


18 


Dec. 9 


do 


58 


1902. 
Feb. 5 


do . 


43 


Mar. 8 


do 


156 


May 15 


do ___ . 


371 


Oct. 2 


L.M.Lawson .. .. ... _. 


15 









376 CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no. 81. 

Discharge measurements of Lower Tule canal at Tulare Lake. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


1901. 
June 24 


A. E. Chandler . 


Sec. -feet. 
198.2 









Discharge measurements of Pioneer canal, Tulare County. 



Date 




1898 




Sept. 


1 


1899 




Sept. 


5 


Sept. 


5 


Sept. 


5 


1902 




Oct. 


3 


Oct. 


3 



Hydrographer. 



P. M. Baler . 



S. G. Bennett _ 

do 

do 



L.M.Lawson 
do 



Dis- 
charge. 



Sec. feet. 
6.0 



13.1 

8.48 
7.06 

14.0 
7.0 



200 feet below head works. 

1 mile below head works. 

2 miles below head works. 

At he ad works. 

1 mile below headworks. 



Discharge measurements of South Fork of Tule River at mouth, 7 miles east of 
Porterville, Tulare County. 



Date. 




Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


1901. 
June 10 


J.B.Lippincott 


Sec-feet. 
47.8 


July 29 

1902. 
May 15 


S. G. Bennett 


«.5 


do _. _. 


103.0 







LIPPINCOTT.] 



TULE EIVER. 



377 



Estimated inonthly discharge of Tule River at Porterville/^ 
[Drainage area, 437 square miles.] 





Discharge. 


Total dis- 
charge 


Run-off. 


Month. 


Maximum. 


Minimum. 


Mean. 


Per 
square 
mile. 


Depth. 


1878. 
November 


Sec. -feet 


Sec-feet. 


Sec-feet. 
131 
131 


Acre-feet. 

7,795 
8,055 


Sec-feet. 

0.30 
.30 


Inches. 

0.33 


December 






.35 










1879. 
January 






57 

87 

61 

118 

105 

350 

35 

26 

26 

74 

140 

271 


3,505 
4,832 
3,751 
7,021 
6,456 

20, 826 
2,152 
1,599 
1,547 
4,550 
8,330 

16, 663 


0.13 
.20 
.14 
.27 
.24 
.80 
.08 
.06 
.06 
.17 
.32 
.62 


0.15 


February 






.21 


March 






.16 


April 






.30 


May 






.28 


June 






.89 


July . 






.09 


August . 






.07 


September . 






.07 


October 






.20 


November _ . . 






.36 


December 






.71 










The year _ . _ 






113 


81,232 


.25 


3.49 










1880. 
January 






577 

1,040 

1,079 

1,289 

1,040 

721 

350 

87 

44 

44 

87 

219 


35,478 

59,821 

66,344 

76, 701 

63, 946 

42, 902 

21,520 

5,349 

2,618 

2,705 

5,177 

13,466 


1.32 

2.38 

2.47 

2.95 

2.38 

1.65 

.80 

.20 

.10 

.10 

.20 

.50 


1.52 


February 






2.57 


March 






2.84 


April 






3 28 


May 






2.75 


June 






1.84 


July 






.92 


August . 






.23 


September . 






11 


October . 






12 


November 






22 


December . . 






.58 










The year . 






548 


396, 027 


1.25 

— = 


16 98 











"Authority, California State engineering department from November, 1878, to October, 1884, 



378 CALIFOKNIA HYDKOGRAPHY. [no:8i. 

Estimated monthly discharge of Tide River at PoritervilZe— Continued, 



1881. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September .... 

October 

November _ . 
December 



The year _ 

1882. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 



The year _ 



Discharge. 



Maximum. Minimum. Mean. 



Sec-feet. 



Sec-feet. 



Sec-feet. 

219 

437 

437 

874 

874 

437 

219 

175 

87 

66 

57 

66 



329 



87 

109 

306 

660 

1,748 

660 

437 

131 

66 

44 



365 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Acre-feet. 

13, 466 

24, 270 

26, 870 

52, 006 

53,740 

26, 003 

13, 466 

10, 760 

5, 177 

4,058 

3,392 

4,058 



237, 266 



5,349 

6,053 

18,815 

39, 273 

107,480 

39, 273 

26, 870 

8,055 

3,927 

2,705 

3, 927 

4,058 

265, 785 



Per 

square 
mile. 



Sec-feet. 

0.50 

1.00 

1.00 

2.00 

2.00 

1.00 

.50 

.40 

.20 

.15 

.13 

.15 



.75 



0.20 

.25 

.70 

1.51 

4.00 

1.51 

1.00 

.30 

.15 

.10 

.15 

.15 

.83 



LippiNcoTT.] TULE RIVER. 879 

Estimated monthly discharge of Tule River at Porterville — Continued. 



1883. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September -_. 

October 

November 

December 



The year _ 



1884. 



January . . 
February . 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 
October 



Discharge. 



Sec-feet. 



Minimum. Mean. 



Sec-feet. 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Sec-feet. 

87 

87 

437 

656 

874 

874 

350 

87 

66 

44 

44 

66 



1,748 

1,311 

874 

2,185 

3,059 

2,622 

874 

350 

175 



Acre-feet. 

5,349 

4,832 

26, 870 

39, 034 

53, 740 

52, 006 

21,521 

5,349 

3,927 

2,705 

2,618 

4, 058 



222,009 

16,109 

100, 546 

80, 610 

52, 006 

134, 350 

182,023 

161,220 

53, 740 

20,826 

10, 760 



Run-off. 



Per 
square 
mile. 



Sec-feet. 

0.20 

.20 

1.00 

1.50 

2.00 

2.00 

.80 

.20 

.15 

.10 

.10 

.15 



.70 

0.60 
4.00 
3.00 
2.00 
5.00 
7.00 
6.00 
2.00 
.80 
.40 



Depth. 



Inches. 

0.23 

.21 

1.15 

1.67 

2.31 

2.23 

.92 

.23 

.17 

.12 

.11 

.17 



9.52 

0.69 
4.31 
3.46 
2.23 
5.76 
7.81 
6.92 
2.31 
.89 
.46 



380 



CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. 



[no. 81. 



Estimated monthly discharge of Tule River at McFarlands Bridge near Porterville, 
Tulare County. 

[Drainage area, 437 square miles.] 



1901. 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 

1902. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June - 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 

The year 



Discharge. 



Maximum. Minimum. Mean 



Sec. -feet. 

875 

408 

126 

30 

23 

109 

71 

64 



51 

1,415 

2, 735 

4,615 

408 

324 

78 

33 

17 

93 

144 

204 



4,615 



Sec. feet 

298 
126 
30 
18 
10 
18 
35 
39 



34 

45 

144 

249 

273 

78 

26 

18 

14 

14 

27 

45 



14 



Sec-feet. 
418 
240 
61 
19 
17 
29 
43 
50 



45 

159 

362 

571 

343 

190 

43 

21 

15 

24 

50 

62 



157 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Acre-feet. 
25, 702 
14, 281 
3, 751 
1,168 
1,012 
1,783 
2,559 
3,074 



2,767 

8,830 

22, 259 

33, 977 

21,090 

11,306 

2,644 

1,291 

893 

1,476 

2,975 

3,812 



113, 320 



Per 

square 
mile. 



Sec.-f6et: 
0.96 
.55 
.14 
.04 
.04 
.07 
M 
.11 



.10 

.m 

.83 
1.31 
.79 
.43 
.10 
.05 
.03 
.05 
.11 
.14 



TUMITUS CREEK. 
Discharge measurement of Tum^itus Creek, San Mateo County. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge, 


1893. 
Oct. 17 


W.W. Brier . 


Sec-feet. 
«1.14 









LIPPlNCOTTj 



DISCHARGE TABLES. 



381 



TUNIS CREEK. 

Discharge measurement of Tunis Creek, Kern County. 



Hydrographer. 



Dis- 
charge. 



June 4 
Dec. 15 



J. B. Lippincott- 
do 



Sec. -feet. 

1.98 

.7 



a At mouth. 

TUOLUMNE RIVER. 

HETCH HETCHY DAM SITE, HETCH HETCHY VALLEY. 

The entire drainage of Tuolumne River above Lagrange is about 
1,500 square miles, some 400 square miles of which lie above the 
Hetch Hetchy dam site, the elevation of which is 3,630 feet above 
sea level. This upper drainage area consists of high granite moun- 
tains culminating in Mount Dana, Mount Gibbs, and Mount Lj^ell. 

A gaging station was established at this point May 30, 1901, by 
J. B. Lipx)incott, for the city of San Francisco. 

For detailed description of Hetch Hetchy reservoir site see Twenty- 
first Annual Report of U. S. Geological Survey, Part IV, page 450. 

Discharge measurements of Tuolumne River, Hetch Hetchy Valley, Tuolumne 

County. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Gage 
height. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Location. 


1899. 
July 31 
Aug. 5 
Aug. 12 
Aug. 19 
Aug. 23 

1901. 
Aug. 13 

Aug. 29 
Sept. 5 
Sept. 14 
Oct. 5 
Oct. 11 
Aug. 25 
Sept. 28 

1902. 
Aug. 29 


H.Ramel 


Feet. 


Sec-feet. 
238.0 
230.0 
131.0 
101.0 
69.0 

472.0 

190.5 
155.7 

77.5 
115.6 

88.0 
231.3 
144.7 

66.0 




do 






do _. 

do 






do 

J. B. Lippincott and W. 
W. Cockins, jr. 

W.W.CockinsJr 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

E. T. Perkins _ . 


12.93 
12.65 

12.42 
12.92 
12.60 
13.28 
13.11 


Ford in Hetch Hetchy Val- 
ley. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 
1,000 feet above dam site. 

Do. 

Upper end Hetch Hetchy 
Valley. 









882 CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no. 81. 

Discharge rneasurements of Tuolumne River at Hetch Hetchy dam site. 



Hy drographer . 



Gage 
height. 



Dis- 
charge. 



1901. 
June 29 
July 4 
July 12 
July 21 
July 29 
Aug. 2 
Aug. 13 
Sept. 20 



C. A. Miller and W. W. Cocklns, jr . 

C.A.Miller .. 

do . 

do 

W. W. Cockins, jr . 

do 

J. B. Lippincott 

W. W. Cocklns, jr 



Feet. 

36.00 

30.00 

26.10 

24.17 

21.50 

20.83 

15.70 

12.32 



Sec-feet. 
7,621.00 
3, 296. 00 
2, 720. 00 
1,886.00 
1,160.00 
1,137.00 
754. 00 
66.12 



Discharge 7)ieasurements of Tuolumne River at old bridge above Rancheria Creek, 
Tuolumne County. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


heigM. 


Dis- 
charge. 


1901. 
July 13 
Aug. 26 
Sept. 28 
Oct. 11 


C. A. Miller 


Feet. 


Sec-feet. 
1,849 


W. W. Cockins, jr 




160 


do . .. 




120 


_.do 




60 











Discharge measurements of Rancheria Creek {tributary to Tuolumne River) at 
old sheep bridge, Tuolumne County. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


heigS:. 


Dis- 
charge. 


1901. 
Aug. 26 

1902. 
Aug. 29 


W. W. Cockins, jr _.. 


Feet. 


Sec-feet. 
36.2 


E T. Perkins 




«7.0 









a At head of falls. 



CHERRY RIVER AT ELEANOR TRAIL CROSSING. 

Cherry River is a tributary of the Tnolumne and enters that stream 
1 2| miles below Hetch Hetchy Valley. The area drained is 130 square 
miles. 

A gaging station was established at the point where Eleanor trail 
crosses the river, on May 26, 1901, by J. B. Lippincott, for the city of 
San Francisco. 



L.IPPINCOTT.] 



TUOLUMNE RIVER. 



383 



Discharge measurements of Cherry Creek, a tributary of Tuolumne River, at 
Eleanor trail crossing. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Gage 
height. 


Dis- 
charge. 


1901. 
July 8 
July 17 
Aug. 9 
Aug. 19 
Aug. 20 
Aug. 24 
Sept. 1 
Sept. 7 
Sept. 17 
Sept. 22 
Sept. 26 
Oct. 3 


C. A. Miller 


Feet. 
11.40 
10.40 
8.75 
9.10 
8.40 
8.10 
7.80 
7.70 
7.00 
7.06 
9.05 
8.96 
8.00 


Sec-feet. 
915.0 


do 


510.0 


W. W. Cockins,jr 


112.0 


do 


132.0 


. .._do 


107.0 


do 


43.0 


do 


17.5 


do 


6.1 


do . _ 


4.3 


do 

do . 


4.5 
141.0 


do 


120.0 


Oct. 10 

1902. 
Aug. 30 
Aug. 30 


do 

E. T. Perkins 


43.0 

«4.4 


.._ do _..... 




6.0 









a 1,500 feet below trail crossing. 



ELEANOR CREEK AT ELEANOR TRAIL CROSSING. 

Eleanor Creek is a tributary of Cherry River and enters that stream 
6 miles above its mouth. The elevation of the outlet of Lake Eleanor 
is 4,655 feet above sea level. The drainage area above the gaging 
station is 81 square miles, and consists of high granite mountains cul- 
minating in Richardson Peak, elevation 9,845 feet; Haystack Peak, 
elevation 9,966 feet; and an unnamed peak, elevation 10,510 feet. 
The average elevation of the drainage basin is probably 7,500 feet. 

A gaging station was established at the outlet of Lake Eleanor June 
1, 1901, by J. B. Lippincott, for the city of San Francisco. 

For a detailed description of Lake Eleanor reservoir site see Thir- 
teenth Annual Report of the U. S. Geological Survey, Part III, page 
402. 



384 

Discharge 



CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



measurements of Eleanor Creek at inlet to Lake Eleanor, Tuolumne 
County. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Gage 
height. 


Dis- 
charge. 


1901. 
June 11 


C. A. Miller 


Feet. 


Sec. -feet. 
« 226.0 


Do_- 


do _ 




&74.0 




Total 








300.0 




C. A. Miller 






July 16 


«121 


Do_. 


do 




&23 




Total . 










144.0 




W. W. Cockins, jr 






Aug. 18 




«75.0 


Do-- 


do 




^11. 6 




Total _ 








86.6 




W. W. Cockins, jr 






Aug. 27 


«8.3 


Do_. 


do 




''1. 5 




Total - 








9.8 




W. W. Cockins, jr . . 






Oct 1 


«47.6 


Do 


..do 




^7.4 




Total . 








55.0 











fewest Branch. 



6 East Branch. 



Discharge measurements of Eleajior Creek at outlet of Lake Eleanor, Tuolumne 

County. 



Hydrographer, 



Gage 
height. 



Dis 
charge. 



1901. 
June 10 
June 22 
July 8 
July 16 
July 18 
July 27 
Aug. 3 
Aug. 10 
Aug. 17 
Aug. 19 
Aug. 23 
Aug. 27 
Aug. 30 



C. A. Miller 

do 

J. B. Lippincott . _ . 

C.A.Miller 

do 

W. W. Cockins, jr. 
do 



-do . 
.do 
_do 
-do . 
-do . 
-do . 



Feet. 
8.67 
9.76 
8. 57 
7.92 
7.80 
7.45 
7.10 
6.92 
6.48 
6.68 
6.47 
6.26 
6.05 



Sec. feet. 

411.0 

793.0 

310.0 

263.0 

225.0 

145.0 

84.0 

75.0 

30.0 

42.0 

32.0 

17.8 

13.9 



LippiNCOTT.] TUOLUMNE RIVEE. 

Discharge measurements of Eleanor Creek, etc. — Continued. 



385 



Hy drographer . 



Gage 
height. 



Dis- 
charge. 



W. W. Cockins, jr. 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 



Feet. 
5.90 
5.70 

5.72 
5.85 
6.40 
6.21 



Sec-feet. 

6.22 

4.08 

5.02 

■ 5.77 

34.5 

21.2 





Discharge measuremeyits of Tuolu7iine River. 


Date. 


Hy drographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Location. 


1902. 




Sec-feet. 




Aug. 22 


E. T. Perkins 


6.0 


North Fork at headworks, Groldwin Min- 
ing Co.'s canal. 


Aug. 27 


do 


152.0 


i mile above junction of South Fork. 


Do 


do 


20.0 


South Fork, ^ mile above junction of main 






river. 


Aug. 29 


do 


.5 


Tiltill Creek at trail crossing. 


Do_. 


do . _ 


89.0 


Lower end Hetch Hetchy Valley. 
100 yards below bridge, Middle Fork. 


Aug. 31 


do 


3.0 


Sept. 2 


do 


23.0 


Above falls, lower end Tuolumne 
Meadows. 


Aug. 25 


do 


22.0 


Jacksonville. 


Aug. 26 


do 


159.0 


Ward's ferry. 


Aug. 28 


L. M. Lawson 


150.0 


Jacksonville, Tuolumne County. 


Aug. 27 


do 


4.0 


Mining Company's ditch at Lagrange, 
Stanislaus County. 


Do. 


do 


105.0 


Turlock canal. 









Discharge 7neasure7iients of Frog Creek at inlet Eleanor Lake, Tuohnnne County, 

Cal. 



Hydrographer. 



Dis- 
charge. 



C.A.Miller 

do ... 

W. W, Cockins, jr 

do 

do 



Sec-feet. 

116.0 
33. 

5.7 
1.0 
4.9 



IRR 81—03- 



-25 



386 



CALIFOEIS^IA HYDROGRAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



Discharge measureme7its of Falls Creek at Lake Vernon (upper end) , Tuolumne 

County, Cal. 



Hydrographer. 



Dis- 
charge. 



1901. 
Aug. 12 
Sept. 5 
Sept. 19 
Oct. 4 

1902. 
Aug. 29 



J. B. Lippincott _ - 
W. W. Cockins, jr 

do 

do 

E. T. Perkins 



Sec-feet. 

36.5 
9.8 
3.0 

16.0 

4.0 



Tiltill trail crossing. 
Do. 
Do. 

100 yards above junction with Tuolumne. 



TUOLUMNE RIVER AT LAGRANGE. 

This river rises on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada in Cali- 
fornia and drains the country located between Stanislaus River on the 
north and Merced River on the South. The northern half of the Yosem- 
ite National Park includes a portion of its drainage basin. The 
river is fed largely from small mountain lakes occurring high in the 
drainage basin, where snow remains on the mountain slopes through- 
out the year. The stream has a heavy fall, and the opportunities 
for power development are numerous. There are also a number of 
reservoir sites in the basin where water could be stored during the 
irrigation season. The gaging station, established August 29, 1895, 
is located at the wagon bridge in the town of Lagrange, Cal. The rod 
is vertical and is bolted to the right-hand pier of the bridge. The 
bench mark is a nail driven into the bottom of the west post of the 
fifth bent south of the south iron cylinder, and is 15.31 feet above 
gage datum. The station is located below the high dam of the Tur- 
lock and Modesto irrigation districts, and also below the head of the 
canal of the Lagrange Hydraulic Mining Company. This latter canal 
diverts water from the left bank of the river 14 miles above Lagrange 
dam. This water is used for hydraulic mining, and partly returns 
above the gaging station, depending on the convenience of the miners. 
During 1898 water was first turned down the Turlock Canal in small 
quantity, and was used for puddling the banks and testing dams of 
certain reservoirs. Whenever measurements at the gaging station 
were made, the Turlock Canal and the mining company's canal were 
also measured. The channel at the station, both above and below 
the bridge, is straight for several hundred feet, and the velocity of 
the stream is rather uniform. Both banks are high and not subject 
to overflow. 



LippiNcoTT.] TUOLUMNE EIVER. 887 

Discliarye ineasureinents of Tuolumne River at Lagrange, Stanislatis County. 



Hydrographer. 



Gage 
height. 



J. B. Lippincott. 

do 

do 



Feet. 

4.4 
5.8 
4.2 

6.95 

7.0 

9.3 

4.9 

J. B. Lippincott . ! 4.45 



J. A. Vogleson . 

H.Crowe 

do 

do 



do 

do 

A. Q. Campbell _ 

do ... 

do 

J. B. Lippincott _ 



.do . 
.do 
.do . 



.do . 



Total _ 



J. B. Lippincott- 
S. G. Bennett . . _ 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 



5.8 

9.25 

5.7 

4.0 

4.73 

4.85 



7.18 
3.95 



.do. 



5.0 



0.72 
8.47 
6.15 
3.70 

3.58 



Total 



a Turlock Canal. '' La Grrange Ditch and Hydraulic Mining Company's Canal. 



■388 



CALIFOENIA HYDEOGEAPHY. [no. 81. 

Discharge measurements of Tuolumne River, etc. — Continued. 



Date. 


Hydrographei". 


Gage 
height. 


Discharge. 


1900. 
April 5 


S.G.Bennett 

Total _._ . . 


Feet. 
6.08 


Sec.'feet. 
r«2,286.00 
& 129. 00 
i c 24. 00 




2 439 00 


May 20 


S. G. Bennett . 


8.4 

7.09 


8 720.00 


do 




June 22 


r c4, 629. 00 
\ «^9.50 




Total ... 


&12.50 




4,651.00 




S.G.Bennett 




Aug. 11 


r C17.00 

1 « 117. 00 


Total . 




I &12.00 




146. 00 




S.G.Bennett . 






Sept. 8 


r «35.00 
1 ^9.05 


Total - . - 




i ^ 10. 90 




54. 95 


Dec. 27 


S. G. Bennett 


5.32 

5.75 
6.10 


964. 00 


1901. 
Jan. 29 


S. G. Bennett 


1,419.00 




....do . 




Apr. 7 


1^2,382.00 
I &7.00 


Total - - 




2, 389. 00 


June 12 


J. B. Lippincott _ . . . _ . 


7.63 
5.45 

4.30 

6.00 


6, 470. 00 


Aug 2 


S G. Bennett 


1,354.00 


Aug. 31 


do 


248. 00 


S.G.Bennett . .-...- 




1902. 
Mar 6 


rc2,351.00 
] « 103. 00 




Total 


i &5.00 




2,459.00 











« River, '' Tuiiock Caual. « La Grange Ditch and Hydraulic Mining Company's canal. 



LTPPTNcoTT.] TUOLUMNE RIVEE. 

Discharge measureinents of Tuolumne River\ etc. — Continued. 



389 



Date. 


Hy drographer . 


Gage 
height. 


Dis- 
charge. 


May 18 


S.G.Bennett 

Total - _ _. _ 


Feet. 
8. 35 


Sec. -feet. 

«9,476.00 

& 253. 00 

C5.00 




9, 734. 00 




L. M. Lawson : .. 

Total 






Aug. 27 


r «15.00 

H05.00 

i ^4.00 




124. 00 











n River. l> Turlock Canal. <' La Grange Ditch and Hydraulic Mining Company's canal. 

Estimated monthly discharge of Tuolumne River exclusive of canals at Lagrange, 

Stanislaus County. 

[Drainage area 1,501 square miles.] 



Discharge. 



Maximum. Minimum 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Run-off. 



Per 
square 
mile. 



Depth. 



1895. 

August 

September _ . _ 

October 

November _ . . 
December 

1896. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 



Sec-feet. 



Sec. -feet. 



Acre-feet. 



Sec. -feet. 



2,182 
299 
129 

1,004 

7,610 
1,780 

11,798 
7,990 

10,100 
9,320 
5,830 
3,050 
1,620 
350 
5,710 
3,620 



78 
112 
129 

350 

1,080 

1,006 

2,670 

2,670 

5,140 

960 

227 

182 

75 

227 

670 



263 
134 
113 

270 

2, 312 

1,164 

2,725 

3,522 

4,429 

7, 692 

3,008 

485 

432 

120 

1,135 

1,088 



15, 635 
8, 231 
6,698 

16,614 

142, 159 

66, 954 

167, 578 

209, 574 

272, 371 

457, 705 

184, 677 

29, 828 

25, 742 

7,366 

67, 548 

66, 603 



0.18 
.09 

.08 
.18 

1.54 

.78 

1.82 

2.34 

2.95 

5.13 

2.00 

.32 

.29 

.08 

.75 

.72 



0.20 
.10 
.08 
.21 

1.78 

.84 

2.10 

2.60 

3.40 

5.74 

2.31 

.37 

.32 

.09 

.83 

.83 



The year«_ 



11,7 



75 



2,342 



8,100 



1.56 



21.21 



a During 1896 there was no water in the Turlock Canal, and the Lagrange Ditch and Hydraulic 
Mining Company's Canal was flowing 32 second-feet approximately. The Lagrange Ditch and 
Hydraulic Mining Company's Canal was flowing approximately 35 second-feet during 1895. 



390 CALIFOENIA HYDROGEAPHY. [no. 81. 

Estimated monthly discharge of Tuolumne River, f'fc— Continued. 



1897. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May - 

June 

July 

August .._--- 
September _ _ 

October 

November _ . . 
December 



The year ''' . 

1898. 

January . 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

Jnly - - 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December . . 



The year ^> . 



Discharge. 



Maximiiin. Minimum, 



Sec-feet. 

3,930 

13,200 

10. 800 

13,500 

14, 700 

9,300 

4,840 

570 

140 

75.0 

3,540 

4,060 



14, 700 



750 
2,500 
2,060 
7,800 
6,960 
' 3, 280 
750 
100 



82 
2,060 



7,800 



Sec. feet. 

660 

1,840 

2, 500 

3,280 

9,600 

2. 500 

480 

76 

28 

76 

260 

570 



300 
300 

750 

1,270 

2,280 

750 

88 

76 



32 

16 

32 



Sec. -feet, 

1,231 

5. 172 

4,032 

7,735 

11,923 

5, 673 

2,181 

237 

86 

222 

768 

1.104 



Total dis- 
charge. 



3,364 



454 

900 

1,224 

4,014 

4, 620 

2,247 

277 

85 

20 



256 



1,182 



Acre-feet. 

75, 692 

287, 238 

247, 920 

460,263 

733,121 

337, 566 

134,105 

14, 573 

5,117 

13, 650 

45, 699 

67, 883 



2, 422, 827 



27, 

49, 

75, 

238, 

284, 

133, 

17, 

5, 

1, 

3, 



916 
983 
261 
849 
075 
705 
032 
226 
190 
197 
321 
741 



854,496 



Sec-feet. 

0.82 

3.45 

•2.69 

5.15 

7.94 

3.78 

1.45 

.16 

.06 

.15 

.51 

.74 



2.24 



0.30 

.60 

.82 

2.67 

3.08 

1.50 

.19 

.06 

.01 

.03 

.03 

.17 



"There was no dis(;harge from the Turlock Canal during the year 1897 past the Lagrange gaging 
station; it was wasted into the river above. For flow of the Lagrange Ditch and Hydraulic 
Mining Company's Canal, see special measurements of that canal. 

'j During the year 1898 the Turlock Canal was not discharging any material amount of water 
past the Lagrange gaging station, and the Lagrange Ditch and Hydraulic Mining Company's 
Canal was carrying abovit 24 second-feet. 



LippTNcoTT.] TUOLUMNE RIVER. • 391 

Estimated monthly discharge of Tuolumne River, etc. — Continued. 



1899. 



January _ _ 
February .. 

March 

April 

May 

June . - 

July 

August ..- 
September 
October _ _ - 
November . 
December _ 



The year ' 

1900. 

January 

February 

March 

April . . 

May _- - . 

June . . 

July 

August 

September 

October . 

November _ . _ . . 
December . . 



The year '> . 



Discharge. 



Maximum. Minimum. 



Sac-feet. 

1,940 

1,440 

21,800 

8,040 

8,680 

9,960 

2,490 

570 

45 

2,285 

6,400 

8,040 



21,800 



13,160 
1,300 
3,100 
4,320 
9,320 
8,680 
1,740 
140 
110 
5,760 

14, 440 
2,080 



14, 440 



Sec-feet. 

110 

410 

570 

2,285 

2,080 

2,285 

330 

45 

15 

5 

660 

850 



1,060 

750 

950 

1,440 

3,100' 

2,285 

140 





35 

410 

850 







Sec-feet. 

487 

740 
3,616 
5,193 
4,513 
6,660 
1,010 

145 
33 

505 
2,428 
3,047 



2, 315 



2,384 

967 

2,343 

2,389 

6,796 

5,291 

694 

43 

11 

1,228 

2,536 

1,332 



2,160 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Acre- feet. 

29, 945 

41,098 

222, 341 

309, 004 

277, 495 

360, 594 

62, 103 

8,916 

1,964 

31,051 

144, 476 

187, 354 



1,676,341 



Per 
square 
mile. 



Sec-feet. 

0.32 

.49 

2.41 

3.46 

3.01 

4.04 

.67 

.10 

.02 

.34 

1.62 

2.03 



1.54 



146, 586 

53, 704 
144, 065 
142, 155 
417, 870 
314, 836 

42, 672 

2,644 

655 

75, 507 
150, 902 

81,902 



1,573,. 



1.59 

.64 

1.56 

1.59 

4.53 

3.53 

.46 

.03 

.01 

.82 

1.69 

.89 



1.45 



« For record of discharge of Turlock Canal beginning July 1, 1899, see Turlock Canal. Lagrange 
Ditch and Hydraulic Mining Company's Canal discharged about 24 second-feet during the year. 

'>For discharge of Turlock Canal for 1900 see Turlock Canal. Lagrange Ditch and Hydraulic 
Mining Company's Canal, January 1 to Jime 23, 24 second-feet; from June 24 to October 20, 12 
second-feet; and from October 21 to December 31, 10 second-feet. 



392 CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no.81. 

Estimated tnontlily discharge of Tuolumne River, etc. — Continued. 



Discharge. 



Minimum. Mean 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Per 
square 
mile. 



1901. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July _-- 

August 

September __. 

October 

November 

December 



The year^'- 

1902. 

January 

February . 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 



The year . 



Sec-feet. 

18, 280 

19, 240 

7,080 

7,080 

13,160 

13,160 

9,960 

2,080 

350 

1,590 

1,300 

5,800 



19, 240 



850 

6,780 

5, 810 

12, 630 

11,360 

11,360 

2,690 

300 

200 

560 

2,690 

2,690 



12, 630 



Sec-feet. 

560 
1,440 
2, 080 
1,740 
4,075 
4,900 
1,440 

200 

55 



300 

200 



Sec-feet. 

3,351 

7,204 

3,720 

3,961 

8,036 

9,387 

3, 701 

784 

175 

211 

574 

1,339 



Acre-feet. 

206, 145 

400, 090 

228, 733 

235,696 

494, 114 

558, 566 

227, 566 

48,206 

10,413 

12, 974 

34, 155 

82, 332 



Sec-feet. 

2.23 

4.80 

2.48 

2.64 

5.35 

6.25 

2.47 

.52 

.12 

.14 

.38 







3,537 



2, 538, 990 



200 

250 

1,180 

1,320 

2,470 

3,140 

350 



35 

15 

250 

350 



352 

1,443 

2,103 

4,735 

6,334 

6,519 

998 

91 

89 

113 

676 

809 







2,022 



21,644 

80, 140 

129, 308 

281, 752 

389,462 

387, 907 

61,365 

5,595 

5, 296 

6, 948 

40, 225 

49, 743 

1,459,385 



2. 37 



0.23 

.96 

1.40 

3.15 

4.22 

4.34 

.66 

.06. 

.06 

.06 

.45 

.54 



1.35 



a Record for Turlock Canal for 1901 is incomplete. The Lagrange Ditch and Hydraxilic Min- 
ing Company's Canal discharged from January 1 to March 31, 10 second-feet; April 1 to July 28, 
7 second-feet, and flow was not material after that. 



LIPPINCOTT.] 



TUOLUMNE EIVER. 



393 



Discharge measHrements of Lagrange Ditch and Hydraulic Mining Companifs 

Canal. 



1896. 
Apr. 15 

1897. 
May 29 
Oct. 30 
Dec. 20 

1898. 
Apr. 18 
May 31 
July 30 

Oct. 7 

1899. 
Mar. 3 
Apr. 21 
June 29 
Aug. 3 
Sept. 11 

1900. 
Apr. 5 
June 22 
Aug. 11 

1901. 
Apr. 7 
Aug. 31 



J. A. Vogleson .. 

J.B. Lippincott- 
A. Q. Campbell . 
J. B.Lippincott 

J.B.Lippincott 

do 

do 

do 



J.B. Lipplncott- 
S. G. Bennett . _ . 

do 

do 

do 



S. G. Bennnett _ 

do 

do 



S. G. Bennett . 
do 



Hydrographer. 



Dis- 
charge. 



Sec-feet. 
32.0 

22.0 

6.2 

24.0 

« 30. 
26.0 
24.0 
24.0 

24.0 
23.5 
24.0 
24.0 
24.0 

24.0 

12.5 
12.0 

7.2 
4.5 



rt Estimated. 



394 CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no. 81. 

Discharge measurements of Turlock canal, Lagrange, Stanislaus Cotlnty, Cal. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Gage 
height. 


Dis- 
charge. 


1897. 
Sept. 7 

1898. 
Oct. 7 


A. Q. Campbell 


Feet. 


Sec.-ft. 

43.0 


J. B. Lippincott 




30.0 


1899. 
Apr. 21 
May 20 
June 6 


S. G. Bennett 




10.0 


_do _ 




61.0 


do . 




10.0 


June 29 


do 


0.75 
1.70 
1.0 

2.0 

.50 
1.90 
1.15 

.0 

2.92 
3.0 

2.6 


18.0 


Aug. 4 
Sept. 9 

1900. 
Apr. 6 
June 22 


do 


85.0 


_ __do _ __ ___. 


29.0 


S. G. Bennett 


129.0 


do 


9.5 


Aug. 11 
Sept. 8 

1901. 
Aug. 31 

1902. 
May 13 
July 23 
Aug. 27 


do 


117.0 


do 


35.0 


S.G.Bennett __. 


.0 


S.G.Bennett 


253.0 


do - 

L.M.Lawson ._ __ 


260.0 
105.0 







LtppTNcoTT.] TUOLUMNE RIVER. 895 

Estimated vionthly discharge of Turlock canal at Lagrange, Stanislaus County. 



Discharge. 



July 

August 

September . 

October 

November . 
December _ 



January 

February .. 

March 

April 

May - - . 

June 

July 

August 

September . 

October 

November . 
December _ 



The year _ 



January 

February .. 

March 

April 

May _- 

June 

Jnly 

August 

September _ 

October 

November _ 
December . 



1900. 



1902. 



Sec-feet. 

48 
86 
34 
10 
3 






133 

133 

133 

133 

133 

133 

133 

36 







133 







286 

360 

380 

420 

460 

367 

47 









Sec-feet. 
1 
1 

8 
1 







28 

64 



133 

9 

























400 

215 

105 











The year . 



460 







396 CALTFOENIA HYDROGEAPHY. [no. 81. 

Discharge measiiremeiits of Tuolumne River at Modesto, Stanislaus County. 



Hydrographer. 



Grage 
height. 



Dis- 
charge. 



1895. 
Jan. 8 
Mar. 21 
May 1 
May 2 
Juiie 27 
Aug. 27 
Nov. 30 

1896. 
Apr. 14 
July 4 
SQpt. 5 
Oct. 31 



J. B. Lippincott- 

do 

.....do 

do 

do 

A.P.Davis 

J. B. Lippincott- 

J. A. Vogleson_- 

C.C.Babb 

H. Crov^e 

J. B. Lippincott. 



Feet. 

7.7 
6. 75 
10.25 
12.9 
13.0 
4.0 
3.42 

7.9 
9.6 
4.5 
3.92 



Sec. -ft. 

3,003 
2,429 
6,078 
13, 546 
9,308 
294 
213 

3,745 

3,719 

362 

375 



Estimated monthly discharge of Tuolumne River at Modesto, Stanislaus County J 
[Drainage area, 1,635 square miles.] 



1878. 

November 

December 



1879. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May - - _ 

June 

July 

August 

September _ _ . 

October 

November 

December 



The year . 



Discharge. 



Maximum. Minimum^. 



Sec. -feet. 



14, 230 
6,920 
8,360 

8,230 

11,870 

4,670 



4,790 



Sec-feet. 



830 
2, 350 
2,740 
4,670 

570 



140 




478 
,87.6 
,797 
,456 
,086 
,061 
,977 

183 
39 
30 

101 

903 



2,082 




29, 

104, 

171, 

265, 

312, 

420, 

121, 

11= 

^'. 

1, 

6, 

55, 



591 

187 
980 
150 
726 
158 
560 
252 
321 
844 
010 
523 



Per 

square 
mile. 



Sec. -feet. 

0.04 

.04 



1,502,102 



0.29 

1.15 

1.71 

2.73 

3.11 

4.32 

1.21 

.11 

.02 

.02 

.06 

.55 



1.27 



Depth. 



Indies. 

0.04 
.05 



0.33 

1.20 

1.97 

3.04 

3.59 

4.79 

1.39 

.13 

.02 

.02 

.07 

.63 



17.18 



« Authority, California State engineering department from 1878 to 1884, inclusive. 



LipPiNCOTT.] TUOLUMNE RIVEE. 397 

Estimated monthly discharge of Tuolumne River, etc. — Continued- 



Discharge. 



Minimum. Mean. 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Run-off. 



Per 
square 
mile. 



1880. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September _ . _ 

October 

November 

December 



The year 

1881. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August - - . 

September 

October 

November 

December 



Sec-feet. 

1,290 

5,150 

1,550 

19, 300 

16,300 

17,050 

13, 220 

2,960 



5, 020 



22, 900 
5,020 
10, 340 
10, 200 
8,630 
3,970 
1,380 



Sec-feet. 

170 
130 
370 
770 

6,280 
10, 340 

3,295 
300 



Sec-feet. 

409 

625 

832 

7,141 

10,371 

14, 075 

7,618 

1,233 

134 

56 

35 

1,095 



Acre-feet. 

25, 148 

35, 950 

51,157 

424, 918 

637,687 

837, 521 

468, 412 

75,814 

7,973 

3,443 

2,082 

67, 328 



Sec-feet. 

0.25 

.38 

.51 

4.37 

6.34 

8.61 

4.66 

.75 

.08 

.03 

.02 



3,635 



2, 637, 433 



2,640 
2,440 
3,290 
4,790 
3,540 
690 



884 
755 
879 
260 
274 
225 
996 
391 
125 
130 
193 
620 



177, 330 

375, 153 

177,022 

372, 495 

447,261 

310, 909 

122, 729 

24, 041 

7, 437 

7,993 

11,484 

38, 122 



The year _ 



2,894 



2,071,976 



.22 



1.76 
4.13 
1.76 
3.83 
4.45 
3.20 
1.22 
.24 



.12 

.38 



1.77 



398 CALIFORNIA HYDEOGRAPHY. [no. 81. 

Estimated mojitlily discharge of Tuolumne River, etc. — Continiied. 



1882. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 



The year . 

1883. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 



The year _ 
1.884. 

January 

February 

March ___. 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 



Discliarge. 



Maxiinum. Minimum. Mean. 



Sec-feet. 



1,360 
11,410 

5,780 
11,250 
13, 670 

5,650 



Sec-feet. 



430 

2,270 
4,670 
4,550 



•.-feet. 

620 

573 

i,164 

,543 

, 461 

1,046 

1,745 

574 

255 

873 

570 

327 



2,310 



654 

490 

1,310 

3,270 

8,180 

6,540 

1,635 

490 

327 

262 

327 

327 



1,^ 



410 

490 

6, 540 

7,360 

7,360 

8,180 

6,540 

1,635 

327 

245 



Total dis- 



Acre-feet. 

38, 122 

823 
059 
823 
759 
770 
783 
294 



31, 
133, 
210, 

458, 
478, 
168, 
35, 
13, 
43, 
33, 
20, 



1,666,522 



40, 211 

27, 213 

80, 548 

194, 578 

502, 968 

389, 157 

100, 532 

30, 129 

19, 457 

16,110 

19,457 

20, 106 



1,440,466 



25,210 

28, 185 

402, 129 

437,950 

452, 548 

486, 743 

402, 129 

100, 532 

19,457 

15, 064 



Run-off. 



Sec-feet. 

0.38 

.35 

1.32 

2.17 

4.56 

4.92 

1.68 

.35 

.14 

.53 

.35 

.20 



1.41 



0.40 

.30 

.80 

2.00 

5.00 

4.00 

1.00 

.30 

.20 

.16 

.20 

.20 



1.21 



0.25 

.30 

4.00 

4.50 

4.50 

5.00 

4.00 

1.00 

.20 

.15 



LippiNCOTT] TUOLUMNE RIVER. 399 

Estimated mofithly discharge of Tuolumne River, etc. — Continued. 



1895. 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 



The year _ 



January 13, 



February . 

March 

April 

May --- 

June 

July 

August 

September . 

October 

November . 
December _ 



Discliarge. 



Maximum. Minimum, 



Sec-feet. 

16,130 

19,650 

10, 785 

10,012 

16, 000 

12, 530 

6,692 

1,550 

5,616 

200 

500 

730 



19, 650 



The year _ 



1, 
11, 
14, 
14, 
14, 



873 
754 
754 
735 
118 
918 
474 
802 
560 



14, 754 



Sec-feet. 

1,398 

1,322 

1,710 

3, 255 

6,097 

5,616 

1,550 

285 

200 

120 

210 

180 



120 



Sec-feet. 

4,828 

3,915 

3,165 

5, 824 

11,798 

9,163 

3,831 

848 

615 

152 

255 

283 



3,719 



246 

950 

1,006 

1,970 

2,550 

6,990 I 

1,306 I 

300 

220 

180 

273 

516 

180 



3,080 

1,182 

2,725 

3,577 

5,180 

11,648 

4,121 

575 

574 

224 

1,210 

1,028 

2,927 



189, 

68, 

167, 

212 

318, 

693, 

253, 

35, 

34, 

13, 

72, 

63, 



370 
007 
578 
828 
500 
104 
408 
392 
191 
797 
012 
247 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Acre-feet. 

296, 900 

217, 430 

194,610 

346, 570 

725,400 

545, 110 

235. 540 

52, 125 

36, 600 

9,346 

14, 985 

17, 405 



2, 692, 021 



,121,434 



Per 
square 
mile. 



Sec-feet. 

3.22 

2.61 

2.11 

3.88 

7.87 

6.11 

2. 55 

.57 

.41 

.10 

.17 

.19 



.45 



2.05 
.79 

1.82 
2.38 
3.45 
7.09 

2.75 
.38 
.38 
.15 
.81 
.69 

1.90 



400 CALIFOENIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no. 81. 

TWIN CREEKS. 

Discharge measurements of East Tumi Creek in Canyon, San Ber7iardino County. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


1898. 
June 1 1 


J. B. Lippincott 


8- 

{ 


^c.-feet. 

«1.95 




Total ■_ . 


'^.U 






3.06 


' 


J. B. Lippincott .. 




Sept. 9 




«.43 


Sept. 9 


. do 


&.30 


Total 








.73 




S. G. Bennett 




1899. 
Mar. 24 




«3.88 


Mar. 24 


-do . . 


^.50 




Total 


4.38 




S. Gr. Bennett 




Aug. 25 
Aug. 25 




«.58 


do 


^>.16 


Total 








.74 




S. G. Bennett 




1900. 
July 12 


{ 


«.62 


Total 


&.15 






.77 




W. W. Cockins, jr 




Oct. 1 




«.36 




Total 


^'.21 






.57 


1902. 
Apr. 4 


S. G. Bennett 




{ 


^4.7 


Total 


b.2 






4.9 




W. B. Clapp . . . 




Sept. 4 




.4 







LIPPINCOTT.] 



WALKER KIVER. 



401 



Discharge measurements of West Twin Creek in Canyon, San Bernardino 

County. 



Hy drographer . 



Dis- 
charge. 



June 11 



Sept. 9 

1899. 
Mar. 21 
Aug. 25 

1900. 
July 12 
Oct. 1 

1902. 
Apr. 4 
Sept. 4 



J. B. Lippincott- 



Sec.-feet. 
r «1.06 



C.40 



Total _ 



2.14 



J. B. Lippincott- 



S. G. Bennett . 
do 



....do 

W.W.CockinsJr . 



S. G. Bennett . 
W.B.Clapp__ 



3.00 
.20 



.23 

.16 



3.20 
.13 



"Pipe line to "Waterman Ranch. ''Flume to Settlers. ''Hot Springs at Old Ranch. 

WALKER RIVER. 

Discharge ineasureuients of Walker River, East Fork. 



Date. 



Hy drographer . 



Dis- 
charge. 



Location. 



1902. 
July 24 
Aug. 27 
Oct. 6 
July 26 
Aug. 21 

Do . _ . 
Oct. 6 

Do_. 
Oct. 7 

Do-_. 
Oct. 5 



L.H. Taylor.,. 
D.W.Hays---. 

do 

F.H.Olmsted. 
D.W.Hays--. 
do 



-do . 
-do . 
.do . 
.do , 
.do 



Sec-feet 

196. 5 

79. 5 

57.0 

119.8 

75.7 

43.2 

24.0 

20.0 

4.2 

7.12 

5.7 



10 miles below Bridgeport. 

Lower end Bridgeport Valley. 

Below all diversions in California. 

Robinson Creek below Twin Lakes. 

Do. 

Buckeye Creek west of Bridgeport. 

Robinsons Creek, Twin Lakes. 

Buckeye Creek, Buckeye Springs. 

Somers, southwest of Bridgeport. 

Green Creek above Standard Dam. 

Virginia Creek bridge at Huntoon 
Ranch. 



IRR 81— 03- 



-26 



402 



CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. 

Discharge measurements of Walker River, West Fork. 



[NO. 81. 



Date. 


Hy drographei; . 


Dis- 
charge. 


Location. 


1902. 
July 22 


F.H.Olmsted . 


Sec-feet. 

417.0 
15.5 
10.5 
71.5 
95.0 

330.6 
69.7 
69.8 

221.8 


3 miles above Larsens. 


Do_ _ 


do 


Silver Creek. 


July 23 
Do 


do 

-do 


Quinton Creek. 
Leavitt. 


July 24 
July 25 
Aug. 23 


do 


At Middle Fork. 


L.H.Taylor 


Upper end Antelope Valley. 
Do. 


D. W. Hays 


Oct. 4 


do 


Do. 


Aug. 8 


do 


Bridge above tollhouse. 









Discharge ineasui^ernent of Big Walker River, Leavitts, Mono County. 



Hydrographer. 



Dis- 
charge. 



1896. 
Oct. 18 



J.B. Lippincott. 



Sec-feet. 

45 



Discharge measurement of Little Walker River, Hardy s. Mono County. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Location. 


1896. 
Oct. 17 

1902. 
July 24. 


J.B. Lippincott 

F. H. Olmsted 


Sec-feet. 
39 

101.6 


Blackburns Junction. 



WARD AND ^A^ARREN DITCH. 

See San Bernardino Valley. 

WARM CREEK. 
WARM CREEK, HAWES AND TALMADGE DITCH. 

See San Bernardino Valley. 

WARM CREEK, M'KENZIE DITCH, 

See San Bernardino Valley. 



LiPPiNooTT.] WHITE CREEK- 403 

WARM CREEK, MEEKS AND DAILY DITCH. 

See San Bernardino Valley. 

WARM CREEK, RABEL DITCH (DAM). 

See San Bernardino Valley. 

WARM CREEK, SHAY OR STOUT DITCH. 

See San Bernardino Valley. 

WHITE CREEK. 

Estiriiated monthly discharge of White Creek at base of foothills, Tidare County .^ 
[Drainage area, 90 square, miles.] 



Montli. 



1879. 



January . _ _ 
February. _ 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August _-_ 
September 
October . . . 
November . 
December _ 



The year , 







Run-off. 


Mean dis- 
charge. 


Total dis- 
charge. 






Per square 
mile. 


Depth. 


Second-feet. 


Acre-feet. 


Second-feet. 


IndLe.'i. 


7 


430 


0.08 


0.09 


12 


666 


.14 


.14 


6 


369 


.07 


.08 


23 


1,368 


.25 


.28 


16 


984 


.18 


.21 


5 


297 


.06 


.07 












































23 


1,368 


.25 


. .28 


45 


2,767 


.50 


.58 


11 


8,249 


.13 


1.73 



MThe entire record is estimated from records of neighboring drainage basins. Authority, 
California State engineering department. 



404 CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no. 81. 

Estimated monthly discharge of White Creek, etc. — Continued. 



January 

February 

March 

April - 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October . - 

November 

December 

The year 

1881 
January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 

The year 



Mean dis- 
charge. 



Second-feet. 

108 

207 

234 

261 

180 

45 

5 







18 

45 



Total dis- 
charge. 



Acre-feet. 

6,640 
11,906 
14, 388 
15, 530 
11,067 

2,677 
307 



1,071 

2, 767 



66,353 



2,767 
4,998 
5,534 
5,355 
5,534 
2,677 



676 



38 : 



27, 541 



Run-off. 



Per square 
mile. 



Second-feet. 

1.20 

2.30 

2.60 

2.90 

2.00 

.50 

.06 







.20 

.50 



1.02 



0.50 

1.00 

1.00 

1.00 

1.00 

.50 











.12 



.42 



LTPPiNCOTT.] WHITE CREEK. 405 

Estimated monthly discharge of White Creek, etc. — Continued. 



1882, 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May : - _ 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

Deceni])er 

The year 

1888 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 

The year 



Mean dis- 
charge. 



Heco ad-feet. 
11 

14 

45 

45 

9 









9 

14 



18 



Total dis- 
charge. 



.Ure-feei. 

076 

2,767 

2,677 

558 



558 
888 

807 



9,148 

861 

777 

4,427 

2,677 

2,218 



553 
585 



12, 904 



Run-off. 



Per square 
mile. 



nd-feet 

0.12 

.15 

.50 

.50 

.10 









.10 

.15 

.06 



.14 



0.15 

.15 

.80 

.50 

.40 









.10 

.10 

.15 

.19 



406 CALIFORNIA HYDKOGEAPHY. [no. 81. 

Estimated vionthly dischcwge of White Creek, etc. — Continued. 



1884, 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 



Mean dis- 
charge. 



Total dis- 
cliarge. 



Second-feet. 

45 

270 

270 

180 

36 

45 











2,767 

15, 530 

16,601 

10,710 

2, 213 

2,677 



Per square 
mile. 



Second-feet. 

0.50 

3.00 

3. 00 

2.00 

.40 

.50 











Deptii. 
Inche.'i. 

0.58 

3.24 

3.45 

2.23 

.46 

.56 











\A^HITEWATER RIVER. 

Discharge measurements of Whitewater River and tributaries at various points., 
San Bernardino and Riverside counties. 



Date. 


Hydvographer. 


• Dis- 
charge. 


Jjocality 


Feb. 15, 1898 
Mar. 4. 1899 


J. B. Lippincott 

do 


Sec. feet. 

7.42 

2.52 

14.24 

4,64 
.82 

17.77 


South Fork at tunnel. 
Do. 


Feb. 16, 1898 


do 


Main river at foot of Bear Val- 


Feb. 17, 1898 


do 


ley trail. 
North Fork at mouth. 


Do 


do 


Middle Fork at mouth. 


Do. 


do 


Main river 2 miles above mouth. 









Discharge measurements of Bear Valley Ditch, Riverside County. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Dis- 
charge. 


Locality. 


Feb. 17, 1898 
Sept. 28, 1899 
Sept. 29, 1899 


J.. B. Lippincott 

do 

do 


Sec-feet. 
3.05 

5.20 
2.49 


i mile northeast of ranch house. 

At headgate. 

1 mile below headgate. 



LTPPINCOTT.] 



YUBA KIVER. 



407 



Discharge measiirements of Bear Valley and Palm Spring joint lieadwor'ks,ino%it}i 
of Canyon, Riverside County. 



Hydrographer. 



Dis- 
cliar ge. 



Sept. 7, 1898 
Aug. 25, 1899 



J. B. Lippincott . 
S. G. Bennett _ , . 



Sec. -feet. 
9.35 
6.34 



WHITING DITCH. 
See San Bernardino Valley. 

WILLOW CREEK. 

See Susan River. 

YUBA RIVER. 

Discharge measurements of Yuba River. 



Date. 



1878. 
Dec. 9 

Dec. 12 

1879. 

Feb. 14 

Mar. 6 

Mar. 9 

Mar. 12 

Mar. 19 

Aug. 28 



» Hydrographer. 



State engineering de- 
partment. 

do 

do 

--.-do 

..-.do 

..-.do 

do 

do 



Dis- 
charge. 



Sec- feet. 
510 

510 

18,000 

25, 750 

11,500 

9,500 

7,000 

600 



Locality 



Marysville. 

3 miles below Smartsville. 

Marysville. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 
Smartsville to Marysville. 



408 



CALIFOENIA HYDROGRAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



Discharge measurements of Yuba River below Parks Bar Bridge, Smartsville, 
Yuba County, Cal. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Gage 
height. 


Dis- 
charge. 


1900. 
June 28 


H. D. H. Connick 


Feet. 
3. 15 
2.95 
2.65 
2.65 
2.60 
2.42 
2.50 
2.50 
2.23 
2.30 
2.25 
2.20 
2.60 


Sec-feet. 
1,212 


June 29 


do . . 


1,086 


July 11 
July 12 


do 


820 


.. _do _. 


811 


July 13 
July 22 


do _ _ . 


774 


do . 


622 


July 23 
July 24 


do 


686 


.do _-- 


673 


Aug. 7 


do _ _ ._ 


537 


Aug. 8 
Aug. 14 


do 


571 


do 


534 


Aug. 28 


_ _do _ 


474 


Sept. 14 

1902. 
Sept. 1 


do ._. 


736 


Chas. A. Miller 


487 









Discharge measurements of Yuba River, North Fork, above power company''s 
dam, Yuba County, Cal. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Gage 
height. 


Dis- 
charge. 


1900. 

July 3 


H.D.H. Connick 


Feet. 
2.05 
1.95 
1.70 
1.65 
1.65 
1.60 
1.60 
1.55 
1.57 
1.48 
1.48 


Secfeet. 
606 


July 6 
July 17 
July 18 
July 27 
July 29 
July 31 
Aug. 9 
Aug. 10 
Aug. 29 
Aug. 30 


.do ... 


567 


do 


438 


do 


419 


do . 

.do 


366 
371 


do 


364 


do 


328 


do . ... . 


322 


do ... '. 


282 


do 


285 







LTPPINCOTT.] 



YUBA RIVER. 



409 



Discharge measurements of Yuba River, Middle Fork, at Freeinans Bridge, Yuba 

County, Cal. 



Date. 


Hydrographer. 


Gage 
height. 


Dis- 
charge. 


1900. 

July 1 
July 3 
July 4 
July 7 


H. D. H. Counick 

do . ., . . 


Feet. 
2.40 
2. 35 
2.30 
2. 57 
2. 30 
2.17 
2. 15 
2.20 
2.20 
2. 15 


Ser.-feet 

191 

180 


.do , - 


185 


do - 


163 


July 29 
Aug. 11 


do 


109 


do - _ _. 


79 


Aug. 13 
Aug. 29 
Aug. 30 


do . 


78 


_do 


69 


do 


68 


Sept. 18 


do 


64 











Discharge measnrenienfs of Yuba River, Yuba County, Cal. 



Hydrographer. 



Dis- 
charge. 



Locality. 



S. G. Bennett - 



Chas. A. Miller - 
do 



Total ... 
S. G. Bennett. 



.do 



.do . 
.do . 



-do . 
.do . 



Sec-feet. 

58 



55 
32 



58 
9.3 



7.0 
52 



64 
221 



South Fork, at Eldorado "bridge. 

South Fork, at Bridgeport bridge. 

Excelsior Mining and Irrigation ca- 
nal, at Pleasant Valley. 



South Fork, 75 feet above Edwards 
bridge. 

South Fork, North Columbia, Eureka 
Lake Company's canal. 

South Fork, North Bloomfield ditch. 

Middle Fork, i mile below Delihi 
mine. 

Middle Fork, 300 feet below Free- 
mans bridge. 

North Fork. Bay Counties Electric 
Co.'s flume, below headgate. 



410 CALIFORinA HYDEOGRAPHY. [no. 81. 

MAXIMUM FXjOOD MEASUREMEIS^TS. 

The following flood measurements are given as having probable 
interest to the engineer in connection with the designing of bridges 
and of spillways for reservoirs. It is not intended that these should 
be considered as the maximum floods that will ever occur on these 
drainage basins. They are rather given as a record of the largest 
observed volumes known to the author. It is, of course, exceedingly 
dif&cult to measure accurately a river in great flood, and it seldom 
falls to the fortune of a hydrographer to be present at the maximum 
flood wave, but it is believed that these data may be valuable for the 
purposes mentioned: 

Gila River at Florence, Ariz., February, 1891; 17,750 square miles drainage 
area; discharge, 102,500 second- feet, or 7.5 second-feet per square mile. 

Salt River, Arizona, February, 1891; area of drainage, 12,000 square miles; flood 
discharge, 300,000 second-feet, or 24.6 second-feet per square mile. 

Gila River at Gila bend, February, 1891, probable flood discharge, 250,000 
second-feet. 

Mormon Canyon, Los Angeles County, 15^- square miles drainage; elevation 
from 1,000 to 3,800; flood discharge by Schuyler from 700 to 800 second-feet, or 
48.5 second-feet per square mile. 

Sweetwater River, 186 square miles drainage area; January, 1895, 18,150 second- 
feet, or 97.5 second-feet per square mile. 

Tuolumne River at La Grange dam, drainage area, 1,501 square miles; eleva- 
tions to 14,000 feet; flood discharge, 46,000 second-feet, or 30.6 second-feet per 
square mile. 

Yuba River, South Fork, at Bowman dam, elevation, 5,500 feet; drainage area, 
19 square miles; discharge, 5,000 to 7,000 second-feet from melting snow, or 316 
second-feet per square mile. 

Cherry Creek, Colorado, area, 175 square miles; flood discharge, 10,000 second- 
feet, or 57 second-feet per square mile. 



LTPPTNCOTT.] MAXIMUM FLOOD MEASUREMENTS. 411 

Maximum flAyoda meafiured by the United States Geological Survey, 1896-1901. 



Date, 



Stream. 



1885. _ 
1901 . . 
1901.. 
1896 _. 
1900- _ 

1901.. 
1901.. 
1900. _ 
1900- . 
1899. - 
1900.. 
1899.. 



Arroyo Seco (Sali- 
nas). 

Kern . 

King 

Mokelnmne 

Sacramento 

San Antonio 



San Gabriel . 
San Joaqnin. 
San Lorenzo 
Santa Ana . . 

Stanislaus 

Stony Creek - 
Tuolumne . . . 



Locality. 



Above diversion 

Near Bakersfield 
Red Mountain ._ 

Electra 

Jellys Ferry 

Near Jolon (above 



Pinkerton 

site). 

Azusa 

Herndon . . _ 



dam 



Warm Spring 

Oakdale 

Julian's ranch . 
Lagrange 



Area of 
watershed 



Hq. miles. 
218 

2, 345 
1,742 

640 
9, 184 

322 

222 

1,637 

285 

188 
1,051 

760 
1,501 



Maximnm 
measure- 
ments. 



Sec-feet. 
24, 050 

9,380 

43, 930 

13,213 

130,050 

15,315 

6, 250 
21,372 
10,269 

1,564 

13, 940 

« 18, 000 

21,800 



Discharj^e 

per scjuare 

mile 



Sec. feet 
1 10. 23 

4.00 
25.21 
20.64 
14. 23 

47. 56 

28. 15 

13. 05 

42.00 

8.32 

13. 26 
23. 76+ 

14. 52 



«Glage height, 14. February, 1902, gage height reached 15.7. 




Fig. 4. —Figure showing construction of weir. 



It has been found that the usual method of measuring the head on 
weirs, as practiced by water companies and water users, is to use an 
ordinary foot rule divided into inches and sixteenths. As no general 
weir table is available for heads so measured, the following has been 
prepared. 



412 



CALIFOENIA HYDROGRAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 

WEIR 



The following conditions should be observed in construction of weir: 
depth of box or canal, and distance c d of opening from side of canal 

Discharges in seoond-feet, rectangular weirs 

[Formula Q — 8.33 





Head. 












Length of weir. 












1 
1 


1 








.d 


.d 


.d 


.d ■ 


.d 


d 


.d 
=1-1 


S 
-* 


.d 


1 


-h 


0.005 


























2 


1% 

1 


.010 
.015 
.021 


0.0011 
.0021 
.0033 


0.0017 
.0032 
.0050 


0.0036 
.0048 
.0075 


0.00353 
.00648 
.00997 


















3 


















4 


0.0125 


0.0150 


0.0200 


0.0250 


0.0300 


0.0350 


0.0400 


0.0450 


.5 


T% 


.026 


.0046 


.0069 


.0104 


.0139 


.0174 


.0209 


.0379 


.0349 


.0419 


.0489 


.0559 


.0629 


8 


f 


.031 


.0060 


.0091 


.0137 


.0183 


.0229 


.0275 


.0367 


.0459 


.05,51 


.0643 


.0735 


.0827 


7 


/b 


.036 


.0075 


.0114 


.0172 


. 0230 


.0388 


.0346 


.0463 


.0578 


.0894 


.0810 


.0926 


.104 


8 


i 


.042 


.0092 


.0139 


.0310 


.0281 


.0353 


.0422 


.0564 


.0706 


.0847 


.0989 


.113 


.127 


9 


T% 


.047 


.0110 


.0166 


.0250 


.0335 


.0419 


.0504 


.0673 


.0843 


.101 


.118 


.135 


.152 


10 


A 


.052 


.0138 


.0194 


.0293 


.0392 


.0491 


0590 


.0788 


.0986 


.118 


.138 


.158 


.178 


11 


ih 


.057 


.0147 


.0323 


.0337 


.0451 


.0566 


.0680 


.0908 


.114 


.136 


.159 


.182 


.205 


12 


i 


.062 


.0167 


.0254 


.0384 


.0514 


.0644 


.0774 


.103 


.129 


.155 


.181 


.207 


.233 


13 


U 


.068 


.0187 


.0285 


.0432 


.0579 


.0735 


.0872 


.117 


.146 


.175 


.205 


.234 


.263 


14 


i 


.073 


.0209 


.0318 


.0483 


.0646 


.0810 


.0974 


.130 


.163 


.196 


.239 


.281 


.294 


15 


^i 


.078 


.0231 


.0352 


.0534 


.0716 


.0897 


.108 


.144 


.181 


.317 


.253 


.290 


.326 


16 


1 


.083 


.0254 


.0387 


.0587 


.0788 


.0988 


.119 


.159 


.199 


.239 


.279 


.319 


.359 


17 


1t\ 


.088 


.0277 


.0423 


.0643 


.0862 


.108 


.130 


.174 


.218 


.263 


.305 


.349 


.393 


18 


1^ 


.094 


.0301 


.0460 


.0699 


.0938 


.118 


.142 


.189 


.237 


.385 


.333 


.381 


.428 


19 


h% 


.099 


.0335 


.0498 


.0757 


.102 


.128 


.153 


.205 


.357 


.309 


.361 


.413 


.464 


30 


n 


.104 


.0349 


.0536 


.0816 


.110 


.138 


.166 


.222 


.378 


.334 


.389 


.445 


.501 


21 


u% 


.109 


.0375 


.0576 


.0877 


.118 


.148 


.178 


.338 


.398 


.359 


.419 


.479 


.539 


22 


if 


.115 


.0401 


.0616 


.0939 


.126 


.159 


.191 


.255 


.330 


.385 


.449 


.514 


.578 


23 


1/h 


.120 


.0437 


.0657 


.100 


.135 


.169 


.204 


.273 


.342 


.411 


.480 


.549 


.618 


24 


u 


.125 


.0454 


.0699 


.107 


.144 


.180 


.217 


.291 


.364 


.438 


.511 


.585 


.659 


25 


ll% 


.130 


.0481 


.0742 


.113 


.152 


.193 


.231 


.309 


.387 


.465 


-544 


.622 


.700 


26 


11 


.135 


.0508 


.0784 


.130 


.161 


.203 


.244 


.327 


.410 


.493 


.576 


.659 


.742 


27 


IH 


.140 


.0536 


.0829 


.127 


.171 


.215 


.259 


.346 


.434 


.532 


.610 


.698 


.785 


28 


li 


.146 


.0564 


.0873 


.134 


.180 


.226 


.273 


.365 


.458 


.551 


.644 


.736 


.829 


39 


1^- 


.151 


.0593 


.0919 


.141 


.190 


.338 


.287 


.385 


.483 


.581 


.678 


.776 


.874 


30 


n 


.156 


.0633 


.0965 


.148 


.199 


.351 


.302 


.405 


.508 


.611 


.714 


.816 


.919 


31 


iM 


.161 


.0651 


.101 


.155 


.309 


.363 


.317 


.435 


.533 


.641 


.749 


.857 


.965 


32 


2 


.167 


.0680 


.106 


.162 


.319 


.276 


.332 


.446 


.559 


.672 


.786 


.899 


1.012 


33 


2t^b 


.172 


.0710 


.111 


.170 


.339 


.288 


.348 


.466 


.585 


.704 


.822 


.941 


1.060 


34 


2i- 


.177 


.0740 


.115 


.177 


.339 


.301 


.364 


.488 


.613 


.736 


.860 


.984 


1.108 


35 


3^ 


.182 


.0769 


.120 


.185 


.350 ■ 


.315 


.379 


.509 


.638 


.768 


.898 


1.027 


1,157 


36 


2i 


.187 


.0799 


.125 


.193 


.360 


.338 


.395 


.531 


.666 


.801 


.936 


1.071 


1.206 


37 


^1% 


.193 


.0830 


.130 


.201 


.271 


.341 


.412 


.553 


.694 


834 


.975 


1.116 


1.257 


38 


31 


.198 


.0863 


.135 


.208 


.382 


.355 


.428 


.575 


.733 


.868 


1.015 


1.161 


1.308 


39 


2/6 


.203 


.0893 


.140 


.216 


.293 


.369 


.445 


.597 


.750 


.903 


1.055 


1.207 


1.359 


40 


2^ 


.208 


.0924 


.145 


.224 


.303 


.383 


.462 


.620 


.778 


.937 


1.095 


1?253 


1.412 


41 


2t% 


.213 




.150 


.233 


.315 


.397 


.479 


.643 


.808 


.973 


1.136 


1.300 


1.465 


42 


2i 


.219 




.155 


.341 


.326 


.411 


.496 


.667 


.837 


1.007 


1.178 


1.348 


1.518 


43 


2ii 


.224 




.161 


.349 


.337 


.425 


..514 


.690 


.867 


1.043 


1.319 


1.396 


1.572 


44 


2f 


.229 




.166 


.257 


.349 


.440 


.531 


.714 


.897 


1.079 


1.262 


1.444 


1.637 



LIPPINCOTT.] 

TABLES. 



CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. 



413 



The depth a h of weir (fig. 4, see j). 411) must uot be over one-third 
must not be less than depth ah. 

with end contractions; original computation. 

(L -.3 H) H2.] 

























Addition f or 










Length of weir— Continued. 








increase of 


























length. 














-P 






















4^ 










qn 










+• 




q-l 


=w 


=H 


%A 








'^ 


to 




.^ 








IC 


CO 


'- 


CO 


05 




" 








" 


___L*._ 




















" " 







0.00039 


0.00354 


1 
3 


! ! 






















.00054 


.00650 


3 


0.0500 


0.0600 


0.0700 


0.0800 


0.0900 


0.100 


0.130 


0.140 


0.160 


0.180 


0.300 


.00083 


.01001 


4 


.0898 


.0838 


.0978 


.113 


.126 


.140 


.168 


.196 


.334 


.353 


.380 


.00117 


.0140 


5 


.0918 


.110 


.129 


.147 


.166 


.184 


.221 


.358 


.294 


.331 


.368 


.00153 


.0184 


6 


.116 


.139 


.162 


.185 


.209 


.232 


.278 


.334 


.371 


.417 


.463 


.00193 


. 03.33 


7 


.141 


.170 


.198 


.226 


.255 


.283 


.340 


.396 


.458 


.510 


.566 


.00336 


.0283 


8 


.169 


.203 


.236 


.270 


.304 


.338 


.405 


.473 


.541 


.608 


.676 


.00283 


.0338 


9 


.198 


.237 


.277 


.316 


.a56 


.395 


.475 


.554 


.633 


.712 


.791 


.00330 


.0396 


10 


.228 


.273 


.319 


.365 


.410 


.456 


.547 


.639 


.730 


.821 


.913 


.00380 


.0457 


11 


.260 


.312 


.364 


.416 


= 468 


.520 


.634 


.728 


.833 


.936 


1.040 


.00433 


.0530 


13 


.293 


.351 


.410 


.469 


.527 


.586 


.703 


.821 


.938 


1.055 


1 173 


.00489 


.0587 


13 


.;527 


.392 


.458 


.524 


.589 


.655 


.786 


.917 


1.048 


1.179 


1.310 


.00546 


.0656 


14 


.362 


.435 


.509 


. 582 


.654 


.726 


.872 


1.017 


1.163 


1.308 


1.453 


.00606 


.0737 


15 


.399 


.479 


.559 


.640 


.730 


.800 


.960 


1.120 


1.380 


1.441 


1.601 


.00667 


.0801 


16 


.437 


.525 


.613 


.700 


.788 


.876 


1.051 


L227 


1.403 


1.578 


1.753 


.00731 


.0877 


17 


.476 


.572 


.667 


.763 


.859 


.954 


1.145 


1.337 


1.528 


1.719 


1.910 


.00796 


,0956 


18 


.516 


.620 


.724 


.827 


.931 


1.035 


1.343 


1.449 


1.657 


1.864 


3.071 


.00864 


.104 


19 


.557 


.669 


.781 


.893 


1.005 


1.117 


1.341 


1.565 


1.789 


2.013 


3.337 


.00933 


.112 


30 


.600 


.720 


.841 


.961 


1.081 


1.303 


1.443 


1.684 


1.935 


2.166 


3.407 


.01005 


.120 


31 


.643 


.772 


. 901 


1.030 


1.160 


1.389 


-1.547 


1.805 


3.064 


3.333 


3. 580 


.0108 


.129 


33 


.687 


.825 


.963 


1.101 


1.239 


1.377 


1.654 


1.930 


3.306 


3.483 


3.758 


.0115 


.138 


23 


.732 


.879 


1.026 


1.174 


1.321 


1.468 


1.763 


2.057 


3.351 


3.645 


3.940 


.0123 


.147 


34 


.778 


.935 


1.U91 


1.248 


1.404 


1.561 


1.874 


2.186 


3.499 


3.813 


3.135 


.0130 


.156 


25 


.825 


.991 


1.157 


1.323 


1.489 


1.655 


1.967 


2.319 


3.650 


3.983 


3.314 


0138 


.166 


36 


.873 


1.049 


1.224 


1.400 


1.576 


1.751 


3.103 


2.454 


3.805 


3.156 


3.507 


.0146 


176 


27 


.922 


1. 107 


1.293 


1.478 


1.664 


1.849 


3.330 


2.591 


3.963 


3.333 


3.704 


.0155 


185 


28 


.971 


1.167 


1.362 


1.558 


1. 753 


1.949 


3.340 


3.731 


3.133 


3.513 


3.904 


,0163 


.195 


29 


1.022 


1.228 


1.433 


1.639 


1.845 


3.050 


3.463 


3.873 


3.384 


3.696 


4.107 


0171 


.206 


30 


1.073 


1.289 


1.505 


1. 721 


1.937 


3.153 


3.586 


3.018 


3.450 


3.883 


4.314 


.0180 


,216 


31 


1. 125 


1.352 


1.579 


1.805 


2.032 


3.358 


3.711 


3.165 


3.618 


4.071 


4.534 


.0189 


,227 


32 


1.178 


1.416 


1.653 


1.890 


2.127 


2.365 


2.839 


3.314 


3.788 


4.363 


4.737 


,0198 


.237 


33 


1.232 


1.480 


1.728 


1.976 


2.225 


3. 473 


2.969 


3.465 


3.963 


4.458 


4.954 


.0307 


.248 


34 


1.286 


1.546 


1.805 


2.064 


2.323 


3.583 


3.101 


3.619 


4.138 


4.656 


5.174 


.0216 


.359 


35 


1.342 


1.612 


1.882 


2. 153 


2.423 


3.693 


3.234 


3. 775 


4.316 


4.856 


5.397 


.0325 


.370 


36 


1.398 


1.680 


1.961 


2.243 


3.525 


2.806 


3.370 


3.933 


4.497 


5.060 


5.633 


.0235 


.283 


37 


1.455 


1.748 


2.041 


2.334 


2.637 


3.921 


3.507 


4.093 


4.680 


5.366 


5.853 


,0244 


.393 


38 


1.512 


1.817 


2. 122 


2.427 


3.731 


3.036 


3.646 


4.356 


4.865 


5.475 


6.085 .0354 


.305 


39 


1.570 


1.887 


2.203 


2.530 


2.837 


3.153 


3.787 


4.420 


5.053 


5.686 


6.320 


.0264 


.317 


40 


1.629 


1.958 


2.286 


3.615 


2.943 


3.373 


3.939 


4.586 


5.344 


5.901 


6.558 


.0274 


.339 


41 


1.689 


2.029 


2,370 


3.711 


3.051 


3.393 


4.074 


4.755 


5.436 


6.118 


6.799 


.0284 


.341 


42 


1. 749 


2.102 


2. 455 


2.808 


3.161 


3.514 


4.319 


4.935 


5.631 


6.337 


7.043 


,0394 


.353 


43 


1.810 


2.175 


2.540 


2.906 


3.271 


3.636 


4.367 


5.098 


5.838 


6.559 


7.390 


.0304 


.365 


44 



414 



CALIFOENIA HYDEOGEAPHY. lno.81. 

Discharges in second-feet, rectangular 



Length of weir. 



3 

3i\ 

3i 
3/b 
3f 
3/, 
3i 
3A 
3f 
3H 
3| 
3if 
31 

QIS 

"TB 

4 

4i 
4A 
4i 
4r1 
4| 
4/t 
4i 
4t% 
44 
4ii 
41 
4ii 
41 
4i; 

5 

5t^6 
5i 

5i 
Ore 
5i 

6,«c 

53i 
5i 

511 
51 



.245. 
.250. 
.255. 



.271. 
.276. 
.281. 



.302. 
.30:_ 
.312- 
.318. 
.323. 



.344. 
.349. 
.354. 
.359. 
.365. 
.370. 
.375. 



.396. 
.401. 
.406. 
.411 . 
.417. 
.422. 
.427. 
.432. 
.437. 
.443. 
.448. 
.453. 
.458. 
.463. 
.469. 
.474. 
.479. 
.484. 
.490. 



0.171 I 

.177 



.198 
.204 



.291 
.300 
.309 
.318 
.327 
.336 
.345 
.354 
.363 
.372 
.381 
.391 
.400 
.409 
.419 
.428 
.438 
.448 
.457 
.467 
.477 



.506 
.516 



.407 
.420 
.432 
.444 
.456 
.469 
.481 
.494 
.507 
.520 
.532 
.545 
.558 
.572 
.585 



0.455 
.469 

.484 
.499 
.515 
.530 
.546 
.561 
.577 



.707 
.721 
.735 
.749 
.764 
.778 
.793 
.807 



.850 
.864 
.879 



.953 
.968 
.983 
.998 

1.014 

1. 



.641 
.658 
.674 
.691 

.708 
.724 
.741 
.758 
.776 
.793 
.810 



.953 
.971 

1. 

1. 

1.045 

1.064 

l.( 

1.101 

1.120 

1. 

1.158 

1.177 

1.196 

1.216 

1.235 

1.255 

1.274 

1.295 

1.314 



.567 

.585 



.717 
.737 
.756 
.776 



0.738 
.762 

.787 
.812 



.857 
.877 
.898 
.919 
.940 
.961 
.982 
1.003 
1.025 
1.046 
1.1 
1.1 
1.112 
1.134 
1.156 
1.178 
1.201 
1.224 
1.246 
1. 
1. 
1.315 
1.337 
1.361 
1. 
1.407 
1.431 
1.455 
1.479 
1.502 
1.526 
1.550 
1.575 
1. 



1.018 
1.045 
1.072 
1.100 
1.127 
1.155 
1.183 
1.211 
1.! 

1.; 
1.: 

1.325 

1.354 

1.383 

1.413 

1.442 

1.472 

1.502 

1.532 

1.562 

1.593 

1.624 

1.1 

1.1 

1.717 

1.748 

1.779 

1.810 

1.843 

1.874 

1.906 

1.9 

1.971 

2.004 

2.037 

2.070 

2.103 

2.137 

2.170 



0.927 
.958 
.989 
1.020 
1.051 
l.( 
1.116 
1.148 
1.181 
1.214 
1.247 
1.281 
1.315 
1.349 
1.383 
1.418 
1.453 
1.488 
1.524 
1. 
1.595 
l.( 
l.( 
1.705 
1.742 
1.779 
1.817 
1. 
1. 
1.930 
1. 
2. 
2.047 
2.086 
2.125 
2.164 
2.205 
2.244 
2.284 



2.405 

2.447 

2. 

2.530 

3.571 

2.613 

2. 

2. 

2.740 



1.116 
1.153 
1.190 
1.228 
1.266 
1.305 
1.343 
1.383 
1.422 
1.462 
1.502 
1.543 
1.584 
1.625 
1.667 
1.709 
1.751 
1.794 
1.837 
1.880 
1.923 
1.967 
2.011 
2.056 
2.101 
2.146 
2.191 
2.237 
2.283 
2.329 
2.375 
2.422 
2.469 
2.517 
2.565 
2.612 
2.661 
3.709 
2.757 
2.806 
2.855 
2.904 
2.954 
3.005 
3.055 
3.105 
3.156 
3.207 
3.259 
3.310 



1.305 

1.1 

1.1 

1.436 

1.481 

l.J 

1.571 

1.617 

l.( 

1.711 

1.758 

l.f 

1.853 

1.91 

1.9 

2.000 

3.049 

2.099 

2.150 

2.200 

2.351 

3.303 

2.355 

2.407 

2.459 

2.512 

2.565 

2.619 

2.673 

2.727 

2.*; 

2.837 

2.^ 

3.949 

3.004 

3.( 

3.117 

3.174 



3.345 

3.404 

3.462 

3.521 

3.581 

3.640 

3.700 

3.760 

3.8 

3.8 



LippiNCOTT.] WEIR TABLES. 

weirs with end contractions — Continued. 



415 



Length of weir — Continued. 


Addition for 

increase of 

length. 




»c 


«D 


4i 


00 




o 


(N 


^ 




« 




B 


i 




L871 


2.249 


2.627 


3.005 


3.383 


3.761 


4.516 


5.272 


6.028 


6.783 


7.589 


0.0315 


0.378 


45 


L934 


2.324 


2.715 


3.105 


3.496 


3.886 


4.667 


5.448 


6.229 


7.010 


7.792 


.0335 


.391 


46 


1.997 


2.400 


2.804 


3.207 


3.610 


4.013 


4.820 


5,627 


6.433 


7.240 


8.047 


.0336 


.403 


47 


2.060 


2.477 


2.893 


3.309 


3.725 


4.142 


4.974 


5.807 


6.639 


7.472 


8.304 


.0347 


.416 


48 


2.125 


2.554 


2.983 


3. 413 


3.842 


4.271 


5.130 


5.989 


6.847 


7.706 


8.565 


.0358 


.429 


49 


2.190 


2.633 


3.075 


3.517 


3.960 


4.402 


5.287 


6.172 


7.058 


7.943 


8.828 


.0369 


.443 


50 


2.255 


2.711 


3.167 


3.623 


4.079 


4.535 


5.446 


6.358 


7.270 


8.182 


9.093 


.0380 


.456 


51 


2.321 


2.791 


3.260 


8.729 


4.199 


4.668 


.5.607 


6.546 


7.484 


8.423 


9.862 


.0391 


.469 


53 


2.388 


2.871 


3.354 


3.837 


4.320 


4.803 


5.769 


6.735 


7.701 


8.666 


9.632 


.0403 


.483 


53 


2.455 


2.952 


3.449 


3.946 


4.442 


4.939 


5.932 


6.926 


7.919 


8.913 


9.906 


.0414 


.497 


54 


2.524 


3.034 


3.545 


4.055 


4.566 


5.076 


6.097 


7.118 


8.140 


9.161 


10.182 


.0435 


..511 


55 


2.592 


3.117 


3.641 


4.166 


4.690 


5.215 


6.264 


7.318 


8.362 


9.411 


10.460 


.0437 


..525 


56 


2.661 


3.200 


3.739 


4.277 


4.816 


5.355 


6.432 


7.509 


8.586 


9.664 


10. 741 


.0449 


..539 


57 


2.731 


3.284 


3.837 


4.890 


4.943 


5.495 


6.601 


7.707 


8.813 


9.918 


11.024 


.0461 


.553 


58 


2.801 


3.369 


3.936 


4.503 


5.070 


5.638 


6.772 


7.907 


9.041 


10.176 


11.310 


.0473 


.567 


59 


2.872 


3.454 


4.036 


4.617 


5.199 


5.781 


6.944 


8.108 


9.271 


10.435 


11.598 


.0485 


..582 


60 


2.944 


3.540 


4.136 


4.733 


5.329 


6.925 


7.118 


8.311 


9.503 


10.696 


11. 889 


.0497 


.596 


61 


3.016 


3.627 


4.238 


4.849 


5.460 


6.071 


7.293 


8.515 


9.737 


10.960 


12.182 


.0509 


.611 


62 


3.088 


3.714 


4.840 


4.966 


5.592 


6.218 


7.470 


8.722 


9.973 


n.225 


12. 477 


.0522 


.636 


63 


3.162 


3.802 


4.443 


5.084 


5. 725 


6.366 


7.648 


8.929 


10.211 


11.493 


12.774 


.0534 


.641 


64 


3.235 


3.891 


4.547 


5. 203 


5.859 


6.515 


7.827 


9.139 


10.451 


11. 763 


18.074 


.0547 


.656 


65 


3.310 


3.981 


4.652 


5.323 


5.994 


6.665 


8.007 


9.350 


10.692 


12.034 


13.376 


.0559 


.671 


66 


3.384 


4.071 


4.757 


5.443 


6.130 


6.816 


8.189 


9.562 


10.935 


12.308 


13.681 


.0573 


.686 


67 


3.460 


4.161 


4.863 


5.565 


6.267 


6.969 


8.373 


9.776 


11.180 


12.584 


13.988 


.0585 


.702 


68 


3.535 


4.253 


4.970 


5.688 


6.405 


7.122 


8.557 


9.992 


11.427 


12.862 


14. 296 


.0598 


.717 


69 


3.612 


4.345 


5.078 


5.811 


6.544 


7.277 


8.743 


10.309 


11.676 


13.142 


14.608 


.0611 


.733 


70 


3.689 


4.438 


5.186 


5.935 


6.684 


7.433 


8.930 


10. 428 


11. 926 


13.423 


14.921 


.0634 


.749 


71 


3.766 


4.531 


5.296 


6.060 


6.825 


7.590 


9.119 


10.648 


13.178 


13. 707 


15.237 


.0637 


.765 


72 


3.844 


4.625 


5.405 


6.186 


6.967 


7.748 


9.309 


10.870 


12. 433 


13.993 


15. 554 


.0650 


.781 


73 


3.922 


4.719 


5.516 


6.313 


7.110 


7.906 


9.500 


11.093 


13.687 


14.281 


15.874 


.0664 


.797 


74 


4.001 


4.814 


5.627 


6.440 


7.253 


8.066 


9.692 


11.318 


13.944 


14.570 


16.198 


.0677 


.813 


75 


4.081 


4.910 


5.739 


6.569 


7.398 


8.227 


9.886 


11.545 


13.203 


14.863 


16.520 


.0691 


.829 


76 


4.161 


5.007 


5.852 


6.698 


7.544 


8.390 


10.081 


11. 772 


13. 464 


15.155 


16.847 


.0705 


.846 


77 


4.242 


5.104 


5.967 


6.829 


7.691 


8.553 


10. 278 


12.002 


13. 727 


15.451 


17.176 


.0719 


.862 


78 


4.328 


5.201 


6.080 


6.959 


7.838 


8.717 


10. 475 


12.233 


13.990 


15.748 


17.508 


.0733 


.879 


79 


4.404 


5.299 


6.195 


7.090 


7.986 


8.882 


10.678 


12. 464 


14.356 


16.047 


17.838 


.0747 


.896 


80 


4.486 


5.398 


6.311 


7.223 


8.136 


9.048 


10.873 


12.698 


14.523 


16.348 


18.173 


.0760 


.912 


81 


4.568 


5.497 


6.427 


7.356 


8.285 


9.215 


11. 074 


12. 933 


14. 791 


16.650 


18.509 


.0775 


.929 


82 


4.650 


5.596 


6.543 


7.489 


8.436 


9.382 


11. 275 


18. 168 


15. 061 


16. 954 


18. 846 


.0789 


.946 


83 


4.733 


5.697 


6.661 


7.624 


8.588 


9.551 


11.479 


13.406 


15.383 


17.360 


19.187 


.0803 


.964 


84 


4.816 


5.797 


6.778 


7.759 


8.740 


9.721 


11.682 


18.644 


15.606 


17.567 


19.529 


.0817 


.981 


85 


4.901 


5.899 


6.897 


7.895 


8.894 


9.892 


11. 888 


13. 885 


15. 881 


17.877 


19.874 


.0832 


.998 


86 


4.986 


6.002 


7.017 


8.033 


9.04S 


10.064 


13.096 


14. 127 


16. 159 


18.190 


20.221 


.0846 


1.016 


87 


5.071 


6.105 


7.138 


8.171 


9.204 


10.238 


12.304 


14.371 


16.438 


18.504 


20. 571 


.0861 


1.033 


88 


5.157 


6.208 


7.259 


8.310 


9.361 


10. 412 


12.514 


14. 616 


16. 718 


18. 830 


20.933 


.0876 


1.051 


89 


5.243 


6.312 


7.380 


8.449 


9.518 


10.586 


12. 724 


14.861 


16.999 


19.136 


31.378 


.0891 


1.069 


90 


5.329 


6.416 


7.503 


8.589 


9.676 


10. 762 


12.936 


15.109 


17. 282 


19.455 


21.628 


.0906 


1.087 


91 


5.416 


6.521 


7.626 


8.730 


9.835 


10.939 


13. 149 


15.858 


17. 567 


19. 776 


21.985 


.0921 


1.105 


92 


5.504 


6.627 


7.750 


8.872 


9.995 


11.117 


13.863 


15.608 


17.853 


30.098 


22.343 


.0935 


1.133 


98 


5,592 


6,733 


7,873 


9,014 


10, 155 


11.295 


13,577 


15.858 


18.140 


20. 421 


23. 703 


. 0951 


1.141 


94 



416 



CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no. 81. 

Discharge,^ in second-feet, rectangular 



Length of weir. 



51-i 

6 



I 
495;. 

.500'. 
.505L 

.510L, 

.515! 
.521. 



.5311. 

.5361. 



61i 



.56r . 
.573 . 
. 57^' . 
.5ip3 . 
.589. 
.594. 



.604. 
.609. 
.615. 



.62f 
.630. 
. 635 - 
. 641 . 
.646. 
.651 . 
.656. 



7i| 
8 

8i 



8ii 

81 
8}? 
8i 
8i-i 



.667. 
.672. 
.677. 
.682. 



714. 
719. 

724. 



. 745 . 
. 75(t - 



1.044 
1.060 



].aS4 
1.354 
1.374 
1.394 
1.414 
1.434 
1.455 
1.475 
1.495 
1.516 
1.537 
1.55' 
1.577 
1 59r 



1.619 

1.640 

1.661 

1.682 

1.703 

1.725 

1. 746 

1.767 

1.788 

1. 

1.830 

1.851 



1.624 

1.649 

1.673 

1.6W 

1.722 

1.747 

1.772 

1,798 

1.822 

1.848 

1.873 

1. 

1.924 

1.949 

1.975 

2 001 

2.027 

2.053 

2.079 

2.106 

2.132 

2.158 

2.184 

2.210 

2.236 

2.263 

2. 

2.316 

2.343 

2.370 

2.397 

2.423 

2.451 

2.477 

2.505 

2.532 

2.559 

2.586 

2.614 

2.642 

2.669 

2.697 

2.725 

2. 752: 

2. 780, 



2. 836 
2. 863 
2. 891 
2. 9I9I 



2.203 

2.237 

2.271 

2.304 

2.339 

2.373 

2.407 

2.442 

2.4' 

2.511 

2.547 

2.581 

2.616 

2^652 

2.687 

3.723 

2.759 

2.795 

2.830 

2.867 

2.904 

2.940 

2.976 

3.012 

3.049 

3.085 

3.123 

3.160 

3.196 

3.234 

3.271 

3.308 

3.346 

3.384 

3.422 

3.459 

3. 

3.535 

3.574 

3.613 

3.650 

3. 

3. 

3. 

3. 

3.844 

3.8 

3.922 

3.961 

4.001 



2.912 
2.955 
2. 

3.043 

3.087 

3.131 

3.175 

3.220 

3. 

3. 

3.354 

3.400 

3.445 

3.491 

3.536 

3.582 

3.62t 

3.675 

3.722 

3. 

3.815 

3.861 

3.908 

3.956 

4.003 

4.050 

4.0 

4.146 

4.193 

4.242 

4. 

4. 

4. 

4.436 

4.484 

4.534 

4.583 

4.632 

4. 

4.732 

4.781 

4.831 

4.881' 

4,932; 



5.032 



3.362 

3.415 

3. 467 

3.519 

3.572 

3.624 

3.6781 

3.732 

3. 785 

3.839 

3 893 

3.947 

4.002 

4.057 

4.112 

4.167 

4. 223 

4.278 

4.334 

4.391 

4.447 

4.504 

4.560 

4.617 

4.674 

4.731 

4.789 

4.846 

4.904 

4. 963 

5.021 

5.079 

5.138 

5.196 

5.256 

5.315 

5.374 

5.433 

5. 494 

5.554 

5.614 

5.674 

6.735 

5.' 

5. J 

5.918 

5.979 

6.040 

6.102 

6. 164 



4.260 


4.876 


4.313 


4.948 


4.377 


6.021 


4.43S 


5.093 


4.503 


5.166 


4.567 


5.240 


4.63C 


5.313 


4.695 


5.387 


4. 759 


5.461 


4.824 


5.536 


4.88C 


5.611 


4. 955 


5. 686 


5.02c 


5.762 


5.08C 


6.837 


5. 15C 


6. 914 


5.219 


5.991 


5.286 


6.067 


5.352 


6.144 


5.419 


6.221 


5.486 


6.298 


5.654 


6.376 


5. 623 


6.455 


5.690 


6.533 


6.758 


6.611 


5.827 


6.691 


5. 895 


6.770 


5.964 


6.849 


6.034 


6.939 


6.103 


7.009 


6.173 


7.090 


6.242 


7.170 


6.313 


7.251 


6.383 


7.332 


6.454 


7.414 


6.525 


7.496 


6.696 


7.677 


6.667 


7.660 


6.739 


7.742 


6.810 


7.824 


6.882 


7.908 


6.955 


7.991 


7.027 


8.075 


7.099 


8.158 


7.172 


8.242 


7 945 


8.327 



LiPPiiv-coTT.] WEIR TABLES. 

weirs with end contractions — Continued. 



417 



Length of weir — Continued. 


Addition for 

increase of 

length. 




XO 






-+-'■ 


Oi 


4^ 

o 


^ 


i 


-1^ 


s 


in 


.s 


T-l 




5.680 


6.839 


7.998 


9.157 


10.316 


11. 475 


13.793 


16.111 


18.429 


20. 747 


33.065 


0.0966 


1.159 


95 


5.769 


6.947 


8.134 


9.301 


10. 478 


11.656 


14.010 


16.365 


18. 720 


31.074 


33.439 


.0981 


1.177 


98 


5.858 


7.054 


8.250 


9.446 


10. 641 


11. 837 


14. 329 


16.630 


19.012 


21. 404 


33.795 


.0997 


1.196 


97 


5.948 


7.162 


8.376 


9.591 


10.805 


13.020 


14.448 


16.877 


19.306 


31. 735 


34. 164 


.101 


1.314 


98 


6.038 


7.271 


8.504 


9.737 


10.970 


13.203 


14.669 


17.135 


19. 601 


22.067 


24.533 


.103 


1.333 


99 


6.128 


7.38C 


8.631 


9.883 


11.135 


12.386 


14.890 


17.393 


19.897 


23.400 


24.903 


.104 


1.252 


100 


6.219 


7.490 


8.760 


10.031 


11.301 


13.573 


15.113 


17.654 


20.195 


23.736 


25. 277 


.108 


1.271 


101 


6.311 


7.600 


8.889 


10. 179 


11.468 


12.758 


15.336 


17. 915 


20.494 


33.073 


25.652 


.107 


1.289 


103 


6.402 


7.710 


9.018 


10.337 


11.635 


12.944 


15. 560 


18.177 


30.794 


23.411 


26.028 


.109 


1.308 


103 


6.494 


7.822 


9.149 


10.477 


11.804 


13.133 


15. 787 


18.442 


21.097 


23. 752 


26.407 


.111 


1. 338 


104 


6.587 


7.934 


9.380 


10. 627 


11.974 


13.320 


16.014 


18. 707 


31.401 


24. 094 


26.787 


.113 


1.347 


105 


6.679 


8.045 


9.411 


10. 777 


13.143 


13.509 


16.241 


18.973 


21.705 


24.437 


27.169 


.114 


1.366 


106 


6.773 


8.158 


9.543 


10.929 


12.314 


13.700 


16. 470 


19.341 


22.013 


24. 783 


27.5.54 


.115 


1. 385 


107 


6.866 


8.27] 


9.676 


11.081 


13.485 


13.890 


16. 700 


19.509 


33. 319 


35.139 


37.938 


.117 


1. 405 


108 


6.961 


8.385 


9.809 


11.234 


13. 658 


14.083 


16.931 


19. 780 


83.639 


35.478 


28.337 


.119 


1.424 


109 


7.055 


8.500 


9.944 


11.388 


13.833 


14.376 


17.164 


30.053 


32.941 


35.839 


38. 717 


.120 


1.444 


110 


7.150 


8.614 


10.078 


11.542 


13.005 


14.469 


17.397 


20.324 


33. 2.52 


36.180 


29.107 


.123 


1.464 


111 


7.245 


8. 729 


10. 213 


11.696 


13.180 


14.663 


17.631 


20.598 


23.565 


26.532 


29.499 


.134 


1.484 


113 


7.341 


8. 845 


10.348 


11.852 


13.355 


14. 859 


17.866 


20.873 


23.880 


36. 887 


29.894 


.125 


1.504 


113 


7.438 


8.962 


10.485 


12.009 


13.533 


15.056 


18.103 


21.150 


34 197 


27.244 


30.291 


.127 


1.524 


114 


7.534 


9.078 


10. 622 


12.165 


13. 709 


15.353 


18.340 


31. 437 


34.514 


27.601 


30.688 


.129 


1.544 


115 


7.631 


9.195 


10. 7.59 


13.333 


13.886 


15. 450 


18.578 


31.705 


24.833 


37.961 


31.088 


.130 


1..564 


116 


7.728 


9.313 


10.897 


13.481 


14.065 


15.649 


18.817 


31.985 


25.154 


38.333 


31.490 


.132 


1.584 


117 


7.826 


9.430 


11.034 


13. 639 


14. 343 


15.848 


19. 056 


33. 365 


25. 474 


38.683 


31.893 


.134 


1.604 


118 


7.923 


9.548 


11. 173 


12.798 


14.423 


16.047 


19.297 


22.546 


35. 796 


39.046 


33.395 


.ia5 


1. 625 


119 


8.022 


9.667' 


11.313 


13.958 


14.603 


16.249 


19.539 


33.830 


36.131 


39. 413 


33. 703 


.137 


1.645 


130 


8.121 


9.787 


11.453 


13.119 


14. 785 


16.451 


19. 783 


33.115 


36.447 


39. 779 


33.111 


.139 


1.666 


131 


8.220 


9.907 


11.593 


13. 280 


14.967 


16.6.53 


30.027 


33. 400 


26.774 


30.147 


33.530 


.141 


1.687 


132 


8.319 


10.027 


11.734 


13. 442 


15.149 


16.857 


20.273 


23.687 


27.102 


30.517 


33.932 


.143 


1.708 


133 


8.419 


10.148 


11.876 


13.604 


15.332 


17.061 


30.517 


23.974 


37. 431 


30.887 


34.344 


.144 


1.738 


134 


8.519 


10.269 


12. 018 


13. 767 


15. 516 


17.266 


20. 764 


24.263 


37.762 


31.360 


34.759 


.146 


1.749 


135 


8.619 


10.390 


13.160 


13.930 


15. 700 


17. 471 


21.011 


34.553 


28.093 


31. 633 


35. 174 


.148 


1.770 


136 


8.721 


10.512 


13.303 


14.095 


15.886 


17. 678 


31. 260 


24.843 


28.436 


33.009 


35.593 


.149 


1.791 


137 


8.821 


10.634 


12.447 


14.359 


16.072 


17. 884 


31.510 


35.135 


38.760 


32.385 


36.010 


.151 


1.813 


138 


8.924 


10.758 


12.591 


14.435 


16.259 


18.093 


21. 761 


35.429 


29.097 


32. 764 


36.433 


.153 


1.834 


139 


9.025 


10.881 


12. 736 


14.591 


16.446 


18.312 


23.012 


25. 723 


29.434 


33.144 


36.855 


.155 


1.855 


130 


9.128 


11.005 


12.881 


14. 758 


16.635 


18.511 


22.365 


26.018 


29. 773 


33.525 


37. 378 


.156 


1.877 


131 


9.230 


11.128 


13.026 


14.934 


16.823 


18. 721 


22.517 


36.314 


30.110 


33.906 


37. 703 


.158 


1.898 


133 


9.334 


11.254 


13.173 


15.093 


17. 013 


18.933 


32. 773 


26.613 


30.453 


34.292 


38.133 


.160 


1.920 


133 


9.437 


11.379 


13.321 


15.262 


17.204 


19.145 


23.039 


26.912 


30.795 


34.678 


38. 561 


.162 


1.942 


134 


9.541 


11.604 


13.467 


15.431 


17.394 


19.358 


23.384 


27.311 


31.138 


35.065 


38.993 


.164 


1.963 


135 


9.645 


11.630 


13.615 


15.600 


17.586 


19.571 


33.541 


27. 512 


31.482 


35.452 


39.433 


.165 


1.985 


136 


9.749 


11.757 


13.764 


15.771 


17.778 


19. 785 


23.799 


37.813 


31.828 


35. 842 


39. 856 


.167 


3.007 


137 


9.853 


11.883 


13.912 


15.941 


17.970 


19.999 


24.057 


38. 115 


33.174 


36. 232 


40.390 


.169 


3.039 


138 


9.959 


12.010 


14.061 


16.112 


18.164 


20.315 


34.317 


38.430 


32.522 


36. 624 


40. 727 


.171 


2.051 


139 


10.065 


12.138 


14.211 


16.385 


18.358 


30.432 


24.578 


38. 725 


32. 872 


37.019 


41.166 


.173 


2.073 


140 


10.171 


12.267 


14.363 


16.578 


18.554 


20. 649 


34. 841 


29.032 


33.224 


37. 415 


41.606 


.175 


2.096 


141 


10.276 


12.394 


14.513 


16.630 


18.748 


30.866 


35.103 


29.338 


33.574 


37. 810 


42.043 


.177 


3.118 


143 


10.383 


13.523 


14.663 


16.804 


18.944 


21.085 


35.365 


29. 646 


33.927 


38.308 


43.489 


.178 


2.140 


143 


10.490 


12.653 


14.815 


16.978 


19.141 


21.304 


35.630 


29.956 


34.282 


38.607 


43.933 


.180 


2.163 


144 



IRR 81—03- 



-27 



418 



CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no. 81. 

Discharges in second-feet , 1'ectangidar 





Head. 


Length of weir. 




1 






CD 


•S 


S 


.2 

5 


•d 


•d 


in 


4^" 


.3 

4i 


'^i 




145 


9iV 
% 

9i 
9A 
9f 
9/b 

9x% 
9| 

nh 

91 
9ii 
9^ 
911 
10 


0. 755 
.760 
.765 
.771 
.776 
.781 
.786 
.793 
.797 
.802 
.807 
.812 
.818 
.823 
.828 
.833 














4.040 
4.080 
4.120 
4.160 
4.199 


5.133 
5.184 
5.235 
5.286 
5.338 
5.389 
5.441 
5.492 
5.544 
5.596 
5.648 
5.701 
5.754 
5.806 
5.858 
5.911 


6.226 
6.288 
6.351 
6.413 
6.476 
6.539 
6.602 
6.665 
6.729 
6.792 
6.856 
6.921 
6.985 
7.049 
7.113 
7.177 


7.319 
7.392 
7.466 

7.540 
7.614 
7.689 

7.7as 

7.838 
7.913 
7.988 
8.064 
8.140 
8.216 
8.292 
8.368 
8.444 


8.411 
8.496 
8.581 
8.667 
8.753 
8.839 
8.925 
9.011 
9.097 
9.184 
9.271 
9.359 
9.447 
9.534 
9.623 
9.711 


9.504 
9.600 
9.697 
9.794 
9.891 
9.988 
10.086 
10.184 
10. 282 
10.380 
10. 479 
10.579 
10. 678 
10. 777 
10.877 
10.977 


146 














Ml 














US 














149 














150 














4.239 
4.280 
4.320 


151 














15'^ 














158 














4.360 
4.400 
4.440 


15-1 














155 














156 














4.482 
4.522 
4.563 
4.604 
4.644 


157 














158 














159 














160 





























LippiNCOTT.] WEIR TABLES. 

iveirs ivith end contractions — Continued. 



419 



Length of weir— Continued. 


Addition for 

increase of 

length. 




=w 


!0 


ii 


CO 


a 


-|j 


s 


=w 


CO 


'S 


4^ 

8 


.d 


+i 




i:).597 


12. 782 


14.967 


17. 153 


19.338 


21.534 


25.894 


30.285 


34.636 


39.007 


43.378 


0.182 


2.185 


145 


10. 704 


13.913 


15. 121 


17.329 


19.537 


21.745 


28. 161 


30.577 


34.994 


39. 410 


43.826 


.184 


2.208 


146 


10.812 


13.043 


15.274 


17.505 


19. 735 


21.966 


26. 428 


30.889 


35.351 


39.813 


44.274 


.186 


2.231 


147 


10.920 


13.174 


15.428 


17.681 


19.935 


22.188 


26.696 31.203 


35.710 


40. 217 


44. 724 


.188 


2.254 


148 


11.029 


13.306 


15.582 


17.859 


20.135 


23. 412 


26.965 31.518 


36.071 


40. 624 


45.177 


.190 


2.277 


149 


ll.i;38 


13. 438 


15. 737 


18.037 


20.336 


22.638 


27.235 


31.834 


36.4a3 


41.032 


45. 631 


.192 


2.300 


150 


11.247 


13.570 


15.892 


18.215 


20.537 


22.860 


27.505 


32. 150 


36.795 


41.410 


46.085 


.194 


2.323 


151 


11.356 


13.702 


16. 048 


18.393 


20.739 


33.084 


27. 776 


32.467 


37. 158 


41. 849 


46.540 


.196 


2.346 


152 


11. 466 


13.835 


16.204 


18.573 


20.941 


23.310 


28.048 


32. 785 


37.523 


42. 261 


46.998 


.197 


2.369 


153 


11.576 


13.969 


16.361 


18.753 


21. 145 


33.537 


28.321 


33. 105 


37. 890 


42. 674 


47.458 


.199 


2.392 


154 


11.687 


14.102 


16.517 


18.933 


21.348 


23.764 


28.594 


m. 425 


38.256 


43.087 


47.918 


.201 


2.415 


155 


11. 798 


14.237 


16.676 


19.145 


21.553 


23.992 


28.870 


33.747 


38.625 


43.503 


48.380 


.203 


2.439 


156 


11.909 


14.372 


16.834 


19.296 


21. 758 


24.221 


29. 145 


34.070 


38.995 


43.919 


48.844 


.205 


2.462 


157 


12.020 


14.506 


16.992 


19.478 


21.963 


24.449 


29.421 


34.392 


39.364 


44.a36 


49.307 


.207 


3.486 


158 


12. 132 


14.642 


17. 151 


19.661 


22. 170 


24. 680 


29.699 


34. 718 


39. 737 


44. 756 


49.775 


.209 


2.510 


159 


12. 244 


14. 777 


17. 310 


19.843 


22.377 


24.910 


29.976 


35.043 


40. 109 


45. 175 


50. 242 


.211 


2.533 


160 



420 



CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



RAIIS^FALL TABLES. 

The following records of precipitation are arranged alphabetically 
by counties : 

Record of precipitation at Tamarack, Alpine County. 
[Latitude, 38° 37'; longitude, 119° 58'; elevation, 8,030 feet. Authority, P. C. Huntington.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1898-1899 














12.80 
6.65 
4.30 

11.35 


2.50 
4.60 
6.40 
4.60 


1.75 
0.65 
.95 
1.68 


0.00 
0.00 
0.39 
0.00 


0.00 

0.00 

T. 

0.00 


0.00 
0.00 
3.17 
0.00 


«17.05 


1899-1900 

1900-1901 

1901-1902 


0.00 
0.00 
1.60 


6.10 
3.30 
2.69 


4.25 
8.50 
3.22 


8.10 
2.05 

2.38 


3.00 
13.65 
3.37 


2.85 
15.90 
13.00 


36.20 

58.71 
43.89 




























46.27 
























1 





a Year incomplete. 

Record of precipitation at Jackson, Arnador County. 

[Latitude, 38° 21': longitude, 120° 45'; elevation, 1,975 feet. Authority, Richard Webb.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May 


.June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1877-78 

1878-79 

1879-80 

1880-81 

1881-82 

1883-83 

1883-84 

1884-85 

1885-86 

1891-92. 




0.05 





.58 
.75 
.90 
.26 
.23 


0.70 

.97 

2.92 

.15 

1.38 

5.62 

L43 

1.70 




3.00 

.86 
4.33 

.60 
1.82 
3.34 
1.48 

.10 
12.80 
1.08 
7.48 
5.28 
LIO 

.93 
8.78 
2.25 
2.11 
5.81 
8.33 
3.64 


1.45 
.70 
5.38 

10.47 
5.33 
1.44 
1.59 

14.64 
2.78 
8.03 
5.52 
3.35 

15.50 
3.67 
4.61 
3.18 
2.70 
7.45 
3.24 
3.23 


8.45 
5.56 
2.30 
8.86 
3.86 
3.61 
4.02 
1.89 
7.97 
3.21 


1.3.04 
5.26 
3,44 
4.77 
3.89 
1.95 
8.58 
.27 
.75 
3.03 


5.55 
6.97 
3.51 
2.11 
7.71 
3.85 
9.41 
.26 
4.54 
4.89 


1.97 
4.97 
13.59 
2.96 
3.72 
2.25 
7.65 
1.34 
8.04 
2.70 


0.34 
2.19 
2.41 



.49 
4.63 

.99 

.15 


3.85 


0.04 

.25 



.05 

.10 


1.85 

.59 



.46 


1.48 




1.10 

.43 
1.00 

.06 

.08 

.15 


















.01 



.04 

T. 

.07 

.04 

. 







T. 




.0 











T. 
T. 

0.18 
.12 


.07 


T. 
T. 


33.44 

37.78 
37.88 
29.97 
28.87 
27.44 
37.90 
2L20 
37.12 
a 27. 25 


1892-93 


.40 
L34 
1.10 
1.14 
.23 
.19 
.40 


.41 
3.39 


.50 
3.68 

.28 
L35 
3.05 
1.04 
5.86 
2.74 
2.62 


a 13. 44 


1893-94 

1894-95 

1895-96 

1896-97.. 

1897-98 

1898-99.. 

1899-1900 

1900-1901 

1901-2.. 


9.88 
12.04 
8.79 
4.77 
1.47 
5.20 
2.37 
7.13 
L25 


10.84 
6.22 
.43 
5.04 
4.91 
.57 
2.15 
1L24 
9.36 


2.52 
3.86 
5.18 
7.66 
1.18 
14.60 
4.37 
3:58 
4.37 


1.38 
3.92 
10.89 
L46 
1.11 
L49 
3.52 
3.83 
2.71 


4.15 
2.68 
2.11 
.03 
1.64 
1.07 
1.83 
1.18 
L99 


40.72 
50.17 
33.64 
35.15 
19.41 
30.25 
33.42 
39.74 
33.70 


18-year mean 










3.82 
















33.16 



























a Year incomplete. 



LTPPTNCOTT.] 



RAINFALL TABLES. 



421 



Record of precipitation at Cherokee, Butte County. 

[Latitude, 39° 38'; longitude, 1^1° 34'; elevation, 1,200 feet. Authority, L. Glass.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1871-72 

1872-73 

1873-74 

1874-75 

1875-76 

1876-77 












.25 


1.52 
2.60 



.90 
1.31 




2.95 



.94 
4.65 

.24 
10.19 
1.72 
2.09 
4.20 



2.92 
3.23 
5.21 


5.41 
3.89 
5.02 
14.28 
10.41 


10.09 
8.46 

16.48 
.43 
6.96 


10.58 
3.21 
9.79 

10.84 
8.48 
7.70 

19.63 
8.26 
3.16 

14.95 
4.04 
1.42 


12.25 
9.18 
6.74 
.38 

11.95 
3.10 

20.00 
9.09 
2.20 
7.31 
8.32 
1.31 
6.16 


2.33 
.59 
7.36 
1.90 

13.36 
3.84 
8.87 

18.23 

18.07 
2.34 
6.47 
8.10 

11.89 


3.11 
2.14 
3.57 
1.16 
2.66 
.75 
3.53 
5.66 
2.79 
1.49 
4.59 
3.12 
9.27 


0.45 
.88 

1.58 
.66 
.23 

1.51 

1.14 

3.66 


1.16 


6.98 
.80 


0.56 



.11 
1.04 


1.28 

.60 

.35 








3.87 






1.19 










47.73 
28.35 
51.59 
35.34 
55.48 
« 28. 62 


1877-78 

1878-79. 

1879-80 

1880-«1 

1881-82 

1882-83 

1883-84 


4.32 
2.39 
12.64 
.42 
.39 
4.65 
1.06 


3.60 
.69 
3.88 
16.84 
6.79 
3.72 
1.17 


.10 














.45 

.28 












63.96 
52.22 
49.54 
44.51 
34.42 
33.84 
46.12 


12-year mean 


























45 26 





























a Year incomplete. 

Record of precipitation at Cherokee Reservoir, Butte County. 

[Latitude, 39° 38'; longitude, 121° 33'; elevation, 1,200 feet. Aiithority, L. Glass.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1873-74 

1874^75 

1875-76 

1876-77 

1877-78 

1878-79 







L28 

0' 
1.98 




5.99 
LOO 
12.90 
2.22 
2.40 


5.80 
16.99 
15. 20 

5.70 
3.12 


18.25 

L15 

11.26 



3.98 



13.07 
12.47 
11.03 
■11.10 
23.54 
8.89 


8.15 

.61 

13.08 

3.62 
24.00 
10.28 


10.78 
3.76 

15.94 
6.62 

12.01 

2L06 


4.83 

.10 

3.48 

L62 

4.98 
7.68 


1.03 
LIO 
LOO 
2.53 
1.67 
5.06 



2.00 


1.87 



.50 




1.00 
.80 




. 


.73 


.68 



61.91 
44.17 
73.72 
42.34 

78.78 
60.97 


6-year mean 










1 














60.32 












j 

















Record of precipitation at Fonts Springs, Colusa County. 

[Latitude, 39° 20'; longitude, 132° 40'; elevation 1,650 feet. Authority, John F. Fouts and S. E. 

Stites.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1885-86 

1886-87 

1887-88 

1892-93.. 


(0.00) 

T. 


0.20 
.70 



19.43 
.20 
L25 


4.85 
2.83 
4.35 


9.29 
2.00 

10.83 
2.08 

12.57 


2.00 
7.88 
.70 
7.11 
4.06 


1.65 
2.12 
5.00 
5.17 


5.01 
L66 
(3.33) 
1.95 
.79 


0.50 
T. 
2.14 


T. 
T. 
0.65 



T. 

(0.00) 





(0.00) 


42.93 

17.39 

28.25 

CI 16. 31 


1900-1901 




! 


5.41 










« 22. 83 




1 














3-year mean. 


























29.52 
















1 













a Year incomplete. 



422 



CALIFORIS^IA HYDROGRAPHY. 



[no. 81. 



Record of precipitation at Little Stony, Colusa County. 
[Latitude, 39° 25'; longitxxde, 122° 30'; elevation, -feet. Authority, C. M. PoUey.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1884-85 








8.40 
3.51 


1.39 
3.44 


1.04 




1.10 


1.38 
3.89 





1.19 








"13 30 


1885-86 





0.27 


13.29 


" 25. 50 















« Year incomplete. 
Record of precipitation at Mount Diablo, Contra Costa Coiinty. 

Latitude, 37° 53'; longitude, 121° 54'; elevation, 3,848 feet. Authority, Pacific Railway system. 

J. S. Hall.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1874-75 














4.95 
1.89 


0.63 
6.23 
1.11 


T. 

0.65 
.02 


0.33 
(.39) 
.45 


0.62 
(.33) 
.03 




.03 









«1.58 


1875-76 

1876-77.. 


0.00 
T. 


0.18 
2.95 


9.19 

.27 


3.11 




5.60 
4.63 


30.66 
lLa5 


2-year mean 


























21.01 





























n Year incomplete. 

Record of precipitation at Eldorado, Eldorado County. 

[Latitude, 38° 41'; longitude, 120° .51'; elevation, 1,609 feet. Authority, Pacific Railway system.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 

















Aug. 


Total. 


1888 89 








4.00 
14.94 
5.48 
9.09 
10.33 
4.26 
14.37 
3.79 
3.62 
2.88 
2.70 
. 6.73 
2.23 
3.40 


0.31 
12.48 
1.07 
3.48 
5.40 
8.74 
14.25 
13. 8^ 
3.51 
L43 
4.60 
3.87 
6.90 
Lll 


0.38 
5.67 
6.93 
5.75 
2.56 
11.90 
.4.18 
.15 
4.50 
2.19 
.57 
1.99 
8.73 
10.75 


8.41 
10.04 
6.71 
7.34 
8.02 
2.25 
3.94 
7.80 
7.63 
.86 
13. 10 
5.15 
L69 
4.31 


L60 
3.00 
3.52 
3.61 
3.13 
1.63 
4.06 
9.56 
1.65 
.53 
1.03 
3.40 
5,54 
2.46 


7.50 
3.45 

.93 
4.91 
1.51 
3.98 
2.34 
2.59 

.23 
2.67 
1.80 
1.70 

.89 

.83 


0.12 



.95 

.15 


LOO 





.55 

.GO 
1.57 





.62 


■ 

.01 











.03 





.06 








a 23. 33 


1889-90...... 

1890-91 

1891-92 

1892-93 

1893-94 

1894-95 

1895-96 

1896-97 

1897-98 

1898-99 

1899-1900 

1900-1901 

1901-2 




1.77 
.09 
.08 

1.14 
.67 

1.41 
.41 
.17 
.37 

.10 

2.41 


7.46 
- .10 

.85 
2.04 

.65 
3.52 



LOO 
2.54 

.95 
7.18 
3.26 
1.89 


6.32 



LOS 
7.80 
4.58 
1.05 

.78 
9.49 
2.21 
2.45 
6.19 
8.11 
2.91 


63.37 
27.46 
36.25 
40.87 
40.13 
48.38 
39.93 
32.59 
16.08 
39.19 
36.31 
37.45 
30.68 


13-year mean 


























36.81 





























a Year incomplete. 



LiTPPINCOTT.] 



RAINFALL TABLES. 



423 



Record of precipitation at Georgetotvn, Eldorado County. 

[Latitude, 38° 54'; longitude, 120° 50'; elevation, 2,500 feet. Authority, C M. Fitzgerald ] 



Year. 



1872-73 

1878-74.. 

1874-75.. 

1875-76.. 

1876-77.. 

1877-78-. 

1878-79... 

1879-80 

1880-81 

1881-82 

1882-83.. 

1883-84 

1884-85 

1885-86 

1886-87 

1887-88 

1888-89 

1889-90-. 

1890-91 

1891-92 

1892-93 

1893-94 

1894-95 

1895-96 

1896-97 

1897-98 

1898-99 

1899-1900 

1900-1901 

1901-2 

30-year mean 



Sept. 















.66 




2.03 

.16 
1.60 

.80 
1 16 



.53 

.41 


2.81 

.17 

.67 
2.06 
1.26 
2.64 

.83 

.30 

.53 


1.00 
4.50 




0.61 
3.86 
1.90 
11.47 
1.03 
2.56 
3.85 

.18 
4.23 
7.75 
4.10 
3.54 


3,43 




10.45 

.19 
1.80 
3.11 
1.60 
6.22 

.20 
1.76 
4.25 
2.22 
9.87 
5.49 
3.32 



Nov. 



4.3(J 

.55 

14.60 

24.12 

.80 

4.30 

2.66 

6.25 

.37 

3.30 

7.00 

1.94 

.03 

20.77 

1.79 

1.44 

4.67 

1.23 

T. 

1.59 

13.31 

10.94 

1.53 

•2.18 

17.18 

4.09 

4.34 

10.33 

8.99 

4.72- 



18.72 

16.60 
1.24 

10.85 


1.97 
.48 

11.73 

22.67 

10.32 
3.31 
3.50 

33.73 
7.03 
6.90 
7.66 
7.99 

22.94 
7.65 
3.74 

15.76 
7.19 

20.93 
7. 27 
6.37 
5.57 
3.35 

11.91 



4.08 
16.66 
17.87 
13.09 
12.44 
16.21 
11.24 
5.47 
20.83 
8.59 
4.70 
7.53 
4.37 
18.32 
3.36 
14.21 
.66 
19.90 
.06 
5.48 
8.44 
13.89 
20. 52 
19.55 
4.83 
2.13 
8.59 
5.07 
10.40 
1.92 



13.05 

8.03 
.04 

9.97 

2.14 
22.78 
12.41 

6.00 
12.85 

5.88 

3.08 

13.80 

.82 

1.16 
15.79 

3.14 
.68 

8.96 
10.39 

8.44 

8.20 
16.25 

7.69 

.77 

18.26 

8.83 
.61 

4.29 
13. 70 
16 95 



3.05 
13.87 
5.07 
14.54 
7.78 
10.92 
17.57 
5.50 
3.84 
10.44 
8.73 
19.94 
.24 
7.75 
2.40 
6.02 
12.29 
14.70 
10.00 
7 90 
17.69 
4.74 
4.67 
11.*^ 
13.65 
1.80 
21.39 
6.(55 
2.78 
6.47 



Apr. May, 



3.11 
5.80 
.31 
4.78 
1.74 
2.99 
9.65 

25.63 
2.40 
7.11 
3.87 

15.07 
3.98 

15.04 
6.54 
1.18 
2.77 
3.86 
3.79 
7.47 
6.34 
2.40 
4.77 

16.51 
2.40 
92 
1.60 
5.46 
6.48 
3.69 



0.12 
1.32 
2.03 
1.22 
3.87 

.99 
3.39 
5.97 

.40 
2.06 
7.34 
1.52 

.19 



7.07 
4.66 
2.71 
7 58 
1.51 




.20 

2.06 


.24 
.12 
.34 


2.28 
.18 


3.65 

2.28 
.06 
.18 

1.56 
25 
.10 

2.22 
.38 


5.25 j 1.61 
4.30 ! 
4.81 j 

.20 i 

I 
2.78 ! 

2.32 i 

1.88 I 



1.44 ; 



July, 

0.03 





.77 

















.03 





04 





.42 

T 

T 

T. 

.03 
. .20 



i 

I 
.08 i 
T. i 

1 



Aug. Total. 



46.46 
63.64 
47.08 
81.24 
40.48 
61.31 
60.96 
70.40 
65.82 
54.14 
45.94 
72.66 
50.01 
73.05 
41,32 
36.16 
36.79 
86.80 
40.24 
44 55 
74 93 
66.13 
71.99 
65.51 
66.52 
31.90 
46.70 
55.67 
53.99 
49.13 

56.72 



424 



CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. 



[no. 81. 



Record of precipitation at Placerville, Eldorado County. 



[Latitude, 38° 44'; longitude, 133° 



8'; elevation, 2,109 feet. Authority, Gr. M. Barlow and Pacific 
Railway system.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1873-74. 














13.58 


4.73 


10.77 


3.93 


1.96 











33.95 


1874-75 





3.42 


9.59 


1.18 


13.58 


.08 


8.88 


.61 


1.58 


1.84 








33.76 


1875-76 





1.20 


17.64 


6.75 


10.79 


8.01 


11.86 


3.60 


1.40 





0.49 


0.07 


61.81 


1876-77-- 


0.02 


6.16 


.78 





10.54 


1.17 





4.00 














22.67 


1877-78- 


.66 


.99 


2.25 


1.55 


10.45 


11.73 


6.53 


1.80 


1.67 


.05 


.03 


.03 


37.72 


1878-79 


.53 


1.50 


2.04 


.41 


7.75' 


8.00 


9.38 


6.35 


2.48 


.33 


.02 


.02 


38.70 


1879-80 





3.47 


5.28 


7.53 


5.04 


6.58 


5.96 


17.93 


4.43 











56.21 


1880-81 





.35 


.58 


16.94 


15.53 


7.01 


3.38 


3.36 





1.89 








48.04 


1881-82-- 


1.08 


2.80 


2.87 


7.70 


6.71 


5.15 


9.30 


5.53 


1.19 


.13 








42.46 


1882-83 


.93 


5.73 


4.94 


1.98 


3.74 


2.58 


6.88 


3.54 


6.25 











36.56 


1883-84- 


1.67 


3.38 


1.67 


2.63 


6.08 


11.56 


14.46 


11.82 


1.60 


3.51 





.03 


57.39 


1884-85- 


.85 


3.47 


.10 


22.65 


4.15 


.97 


.33 


3.32 


.27 


1.43 








36.53 


1885-86 


.55 





15.97 


5.32 


13.03 


1.15 


5.33 


11.75 


1.24 


.50 


T. 





54.63 


1886-87- 





1.42 


.91 


5.02 


3.18 


14.18 


3.09 


5.71 


,53 


.38 








33.33 


1887-88 


.58 


.06 


1.43 


8.34 


11.37 


2.39 


5.26 


.91 


1.10 


1.50 


.04 


T. 


32.87 


1888-89 


.88 


T. 


5.98 


7.06 


1.03 


.86 


9.78 


L93 


8.05 


.16 





T. 


35.73 


1889-90 





9.07 


7.77 


18.18 


14.57 


7.46 


13.81 


3.36 


4.01 








T. 


78.33 


1880-91- 


1.64 


T. 


T. 


6.89 


1.40 


9.13 


7.83 


3.62 


1.33 


.85 


.05 





24.10 


1891-93 


.45 


.50 


L48 


12.57 


4.43 


6.83 


8.28 


4.33 


5.35 











44.20 


1893-93 - 


.20 


2.23 


12.14 


15.48 


7.94 


7.52 


13.29 


4.83 


1.34 





T. 





63.97 


1893-94 


L40 


.95 


6.19 


5.30 


11. 55 


14.40 


3.31 


2.35 


4.55 


1.39 


T. 





51.29 


1894-95 


L35 


4.25 


1.20 


19.03 


17.85 


5.07 


4.43 


4.75 


2.58 





T 


T. 


60.51 


1895-96- 


1.79 


.16 


.77 


5.34 


16.38 


.78 


11.11 


12.00 


3.56 





.03 


.15 


51.97 


1896-97 


.63 


1.51 


11.71 


4.47 


4.68 


14.61 


9.49 


3.33 


.36 


1.09 





.05 


50.83 


1897-98 


.13 


3.39 


2.68 


3.43 


1.78 


6.18 


1.38 


.58 


2.70 


.66 


T. 





21.81 


1898-99 


.11 


1.00 


2.30 


3.80 


5.63 


.48 


14.98 


3.01 


1.78 


.88 





.10 


32.06 


1899-1900 





7.73 


6.72 


8.33 


3.93 


3.89 


5.84 


4.32 


1.15 


.68 


T. 





41.57 


1900-1901 


.55 


3.62 


9.83 


3.30 


9.95 


9.53 


3.34 


6.54 


1.05 











46.70 


1901-2 


3.13 


2.12 


3.74 


3.58 


i.a5 


10.15 


5.33 


3.73 


1.35 


.60 





.14 


34.32 


29-year mean 


























43.58 































T.TPPTNCOTT.] 



RAINFALL TABLES. 



425 



Record of precipitation at Shingle Springs, Eldorado County. 

[Latitude, 38° 39'; longitude, 120° 55'; elevation, 1,427 feet. Authority, M. Phelps and Pacific Rail- 
way System.] 



Year. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May, June. July. Aug. Total. 



1849-50-. 
1850-51-. 
1851-53. . 
1852-53-. 
1853-54. . 
1854-55.. 
1855-56. . 
1856-57. _ 
1857-58.. 
1858-59.. 
1859-60. . 
_ 1860-61.. 
1861-63.. 
1862-63. . 
1863-64. . 
1864-65.. 
1865-66.. 
1866-67. . 
1867-68.. 
1885-86. . 
1886-87-. 
1887-88.. 



1.23 

.40 


1.20 



.70 























.83 



0.08 
.10 
.30 
.50 
.75 

3.73 


.42 

3.25 
.15 

1.20 


.78 


.08 
.45 


3.24 



5.65 

.65 
3.45 
7.20 
6.40 
3.70 
3.40 
2.15 
4.04 

.50 
11.16 

.50 
6.90 

.37 
2.05 
9.94 
6.84 
4.73 
7.17 



1889-90.- 
1890-91.. 
1891-92. . 
1892-93.- 
1893-94. - 
1894-95. - 



1896-97-. 
1897-98-. 



t-1900-. 



.49 




1.50 

.04 

.15 

.85 


1.40 

.25 



.25 





1.66 
T. 


8.73 

.08 

.70 
2.30 

.40 
3. .55 

.15 
1.05 
3.15 

.80 



1.08 
4.45 
7.85 


1.10 
7.85 
4.98 
.99 
3.53 
11.75 
1.40 
1.90 



10.04 
2.70 
7.80 

11.40 
4.10 
3.50 
5.70 
6.35 
1.99 
6.30 
2.40 
7.43 

11.22 
3.84 
6.30 
9.13 
3.57 

18.77 

33.76 
4.99 
3.50 
6.18 
4.45 

17.35 
5.40 
7.58 
8.35 
3.30 

14.50 
3. .56 
7.18 
3.35 
3.05 
7.30 



13.07 
4.80 
3.30 

13. 70 
4.40 
3.30 
4.10 
6.50 
3.37 
1.32 
2.20 
3.78 

34.13 
1.45 
7.29 
5.13 

11.08 
9.17 

12.12 

10.77 

1.67 

8.83 

.40 

13.50 
1.40 
3.55 
4.97 
7.07 

11.33 

14.07 
4.35 



3.15 
.40 
.50 
3.40 
3.40 
1.10 
.80 
7.05 

13.00 
1.15 
4.60 
6.75 
4.96 
3.31 
5.63 
3.46 
7.51 
3.70 

.69 
13.31 
1.08 

.70 
6.70 
7.65 
6.43 
4.17 
9.40 
4.48 

.30 
12.75 
3.80 

.37 



3.10 
9.60 
8.20 
4.30 
3.50 
3.40 
1.94 
4.00 
5.81 
4.71 
8.34 
6.90 
4.01 
.63 
1.13 
6.21 
4.09 

14.39 
3.84 
1.45 
4.22 
9.01 

10.48 
7.97 
4.95 
9.78 
1.60 
1.98 
6.33 
7.00 
.05 

14.13 



0.45 
4.80 
7.25 
3.00 
5. 40 
2.10 
1.20 



1.70 
1.83 
3.40 

.20 
7.34 
3.76 
3.94 
3.50 
1.31 
6.01 








0.05 

.30 



.10 

.35 

.60 



.03 

.05 
1.90 







.18 












0.35 





3.56 








9.51 



.43 
1.98 
2.75 
3.80 
3.36 
3.95 
1.03 
3.20 
8.21 
.97 
,40 
.60 



.71 
.06 
.18 
7.80 
3.65 
1.60 
1.98 
.95 
3.25 
1. 70 
1.79 
.22 
3. 10 
1.28 



30- year mean 



« Year incomplete. 

Record of precipitation at Jacinto, Glenn County. 

[Latitude, 39° 35'; longitude, 122° 00'; elevation, 110 feet.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1892-93 

1893-94 

1894-95 

1895-96 

1896-97 

1897-98-- 

1898-99 

1899-1900 

1900-1901 


0. 63 

.47 
1.20 
2.3:3 

.63 



.35 






1.31 

.06 
1.33 



.68 
3.13 

.41 
3.68 
3.42 


6.33 
3.67 
.35 
1.10 
3.06 
1.16 
0.49 
4.40 
5.00 


8.13 
1.61 
8.69 
.94 
5.38 
1.40 
1.39 
3.40 


4.30 
4.50 
8.73 
9.37 
3.78 
.76 
6.36 
3.06 


3.99 
1.47 
1.86 

,24 
3.54 
3.42 



.17 


3.71 
.89 
1 74 
3.93 
1.72 
.31 
4.39 
1.37 


0.87 

,51 

3,49 

4,03 

.77 
3.07 

.36 
1.68 


1.44 
1.34 

.2-Z 

.69 
60 


1.31 

.72 






0.44 


.53 





0.36 










0.53 






39.49 
13.43 
36.97 
32.14 
20.50 
11.24 
15.39 
17.38 
«7.43 























8-year mean. 










! 










. 




19.57 








i 



















" Year incomplete. 



426 CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. [no 

Record of preeipitaiion at JuUanH, on Stony Creek, Glenn County. 
[Latitude, 89^ '■iSi'; longitude, 12^'' 80'; elevation, 750 feet. Authority, Mrs. Lee Julian.] 



Year 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


19()tMi»01 










4.26 
9.27 


0.12 
3.24 


1.24 
2.37 


0.50 
2.06 


• 











«6.12 


1901-2 


1.07 


0.60 


3,18 


0.82 


0.85 


23.46 







n Year incomplete. 

Record of precipitation at Christmas Prairie, Himiboldt County. 

(Latitude, 40" 55'; longitude, 124^ 00'; elevation, 3,(H)0 feet. Authority, J. H. Blake.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nor. 


Dec Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1883-84 








1 










1.56 

1.57 




0.24 


1.17 


0.01 




«1.81 


1884-85 

1885-86 

1886-87 


3.23 
.93 




2.17 
1.65 
4.72 


1.37 
31.99 
3.93 


26.44 1 8.79 
18.85 1 16.59 
13.73 15.97 


8.39 
6.30 
20.92 


1.45 
6.51 

5.00 


3. 30 

12.97 


1.34 

2.83 


58.05 

99.79 

«64.27 












■ " 




2- year mean 








.. 1 
















78.92 






1 i 



















'< Year incomplete. 

Record precipitatio7i at Bishop Creek, Inyo County. 

[Latitude, 37° 21'; longitude, 118'' 22'; elevation, 4,450 feet. Authority, Pacific Railvp^ay System.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1883-84 


0.12 


0.11 





0.38 


0.62 


0.64 


0.94 


0.05 














2.86 


1884.^5. 











1.00 








.67 


.14 














L81 


1885-86 





.02 


0. 35 





1.03 





.50 


.38 














2.28 


1886-«7 











.20 


.m 


1.58 





.35 


0.55 


0.35 








3.68 


1887-88. 


.15 


.15 


,05 


1.10 


1.37 


.47 


.05 








.35 


0.20 





3.89 


1888-89. 








1.72 


.40 


.10 


.50 


1.46 


.12 


.30 











4.60 


1889-90 





.03 


.35 


1.20 


4.75 


.30 

















0.50 


7.13 


1890-91 


.69 








1.00 





8.70 


.28 





2.90 








.03 


8.60 


1891-92- 


.19 








3.52 


.10 


.70 


1.10 





.25 


T. 








5.86 


1892-93. 





,20 


1.42 


2.27 


1.22 


1.12 


.15 











L05 


T. 


7.43 


1893-94 


.19 





.10 


.49 


.30 


.75 


.09 


.05 


T. 


.35 


T. 


.23 


2.55 


1894-95 


T. 








1.18 


1.10 


.50 


.22 


.29 


.15 


.11 


.21 


.07 


3.83 


1895-96 


T. 


.16 


.15 


T. 


1.07 





.60 


.05 


.03 





.57 


.06 


2.69 


1896-97 


.05 


T 


T. 


.16 


.32 


1.67 


1.75 





.12 


T. 


.01 


.05 


4.13 


1897-98 


,09 


.89 


T. 


.49 


.05 


.18 


T. 


.21 


.27 


T. 


T. 


.06 


1.69 


1898-99 


.41 





.21 


.11 


1.65 





T. 


.64 


.02 








.05 


3.09 


1899-1900 





.14 


.05 


1.05 


.49 


.01 


.54 


.60 


.34 


.12 


T. 





3.34 


1900-19(J1 


.39 


.03 


2.69 


.17 


4.89 


1.01 


T. 


.50 


L29 


T. 





.93 


11.90 


1901-2. 





..81 


.61 


.13 


.07 


.55 


1.53 


.61 


.06 





T. 


.12 


4.48 


19-year mean 


























4.53 



























"Year incomplete. 



LIPPINOOTT.] 



EAINFALL TABLES. 



427 



Record of precipitation at Caynp Independence, Inyo County. 



[Latitude, S 



° 50'; longitude, 118° 10'; elevation, 4,598 feet. Authority, United States War 
Department.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1865-66 









0.21 
.44 
.14 


.65 



.40 
.66 



0.65 
2.27 
12.19 
1.17 



1.00 
4.70 
1.18 
3.40 



.62 




2.42 


5.46 

.16 

.20 







2.40 
1.73 
1.51 

.76 



1.63 




1.36 
1.28 

.30 

.40 
1.00 



.70 






4.76 


.32 



.28 




.87 


.62 
.98 
.09 
.12 


0.16 
.53 
.40 
.11 
.21 


.55 




.59 

.02 
.02 
T 










«3.23 


1866-67-- 

1867-68 

1868-69 

1869-70 

1870-71 

1871-72 

1872-73 

1873-74 

1874-75-. 

1875-76 

1876-77 

1891-92 



0.07 






.10 
.40 
.01 
.16 


0.32 
.32 

.74 

1.10 




.80 

.26 


0.76 
.71 
.36 
.27 


.18 





.69 
.96 
T. 
.10 
.01 










.30 





.01 



.15 



.07 



.11 

T. 


0.01 
.10 
.03 
.35 


.28 


.15 


.19 

T. 

■1 

T. 


1.15 



.10 


.12 
.05 



.56 


T. 
T. 
.51 
.04 


11. 43 
19.46 

3. as 

2.63 
3.68 
7.06 
1.63 
7.06 
3.33 
5.27 
2.46 
al 65 


1892-93 

1893-94 

1894-95 

1895-96 - - 




T. 
T. 
T. 


.35 



.83 


.23 
.10 

.67 


1.61 
.75 

1.89 
.08 


1.51 
.12 
1.24 


2.91 
.42 

1.18 


8.38 

2.34 

4.48 

a 1.58 


1896-97 




















1897-98 














.01 

.67 

.05 

1.05 


.16 
.02 
.62 
T. 

.17 


.23 
.03 
.22. 
.36 

.04 


T. 

.37 

.04 



.01 


T. 
.01 
.08 
.10 
.17 


.11 
.06 
T. 
.32 
.13 


u 50 


1898-99 

1899-1900 

1900-1901 

1901-2- 


.20 
T. 

.75 





.30 
.01 
.&5 


.10 
.85 
1.34 
.22 


.20 
.56 
.13 
.06 


.54 
.31 

2.81 
.04 


T. 

.05 
.64 
1.69 


1.54 
3.70 
6.51 
4.23 


18-year mean 




















1 




5 47 




















1 







M Year incomplete. 

Record of precipitation at Keeler, Inyo County. 

[Latitude, 36° 35'; longitude, 117° 50'; elevation, 3,622 feet. Authority, Pacific Railway System.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1883 84 
















0.20 
.82 
.40 

1.14 
.12 
.12 
.10 




T. 
.25 

T. 


.05 
.01 

L25 

T. 



1.60 



.04 
.30 
.08 
.20 
.37 
.58 
T. 
T. 
T. 
.15 
T. 


T. 
.23 
.40 



0.80 
.08 

T. 
.20 
.01 


.30 
T. 


T. 
T. 
T. 



.50 
T. 







.14 
.52 
.17 


T. 
.06 

1.41 
.11 
T. 
.25 



T. 
.10 

T. 


0.20 

.11 

.08 



.10 

T. 
L71 

.02 



T. 



T. 
1.42 

.19 



T. 

T. 

.90 

T. 


"2.80 


1884-85 

1885-86 

1886-87 

1887-88 

1888-89 

1889-90 

1890-91 

1891-92 

1892-93 

1893-94 

1894-95 - 

1895-96 

1896-97 

1897-98 - 

1898-99 

1899-1900 

1900-1901 

1901 2 





l.(;8 
.06 
.08 
.93 
.19 
T. 
T. 


T. 
.50 
.14 
T. 


.35 




0.25 
.01 
.84 


.56 
.03 
.04 
.81 
T. 



T. 
.15 


T. 
.09 
.50 



0.65 

.08 

.01 
1.68 

.05 

.12 



.11 

.03 






T. 
T. 
1.75 

.45 




0.70 
.36 


.48 
.82 
.56 
.22 
.31 
.54 

1.48 

1.05 

T. 
.25 

T. 
.30 

T. 






0.49 

T. 
.70 
.04 
.42 


.26 
.71 

T. 
.35 
.45 
.10 

.40 

T. 
.75 

T. 



0.14 

.93 
1.21 
T. 

.01 
LOO 

.19 

.75 

.29 
L15 



.27 



.45 



.25 

.25 


0.12 

.60 



.30 

.52 
T. 
2.01 

.32 
L50 

.01 
T. 
T. 

.13 





.16 


L25 


1.83 
3.H 
2.72 
5.51 
8.31 
3.69 
5.06 
1.87 
5.83 
1.92 
2.80 
3.27 
1.44 
.34 
1.66 
3.49 
3.19 
2 






18-year mean 


























2.89 





























"Year incomplete. 



428 



CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



Record of precipitation at Bear Valley, Kern County. 
[Latitude, 35° !(»'; longitude. 1 18° 30'; elevation, 4,0()0 feet. Authority, Philip Fickert, Tehachapai.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dee. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1894-95.:..— 


L48 


6.38 


1.25 


22.37 


29.22 


6.64 


7.42 


3.25 


6.57 





0.04 


0.20 


84.82 


1895-96 


5.18 


1.25 


2.08 


9.45 


25.39 


1.66 


14.47 


18.32 


10.03 





.72 


.68 


89.23 


1896 97 


2.13 


2.57 


18.35 


8.02 
5.96 
3.44 


4.18 
3 
11.95 


16.05 
10.44 
3.20 


19.12 
23.34 


3.35 
1.65 
2.51 


.80 
3.93 

4 








a 74. 57 


1897 98 


3 

1.01 






T. 
.93 


a 26. 98 


1898-99 


.73 


3.07 


6.26 


60.44 


1899-1900 





14.16 


11.91 


12.81 


2.77 


1.34 


1 


5.05 


2.47 











51.51 


1900-1901 





1.76 


2.71 


.32 


1.91 


5.30 


2.75 


L77 


1.43 





T. 





17.95 


1901-3 





1.27 


.56 


.90 


3.20 


5 


5.36 


3.48 


.75 





« 





20.52 
























! 


54.08 
























1 





a Year incomplete. 

Record of precipitation at Caliente, Kern County. 

[Latitude, 35° 17'; longitiide, 118° 41'; elevation, 1,290 feet. Authority,- Pacific Railway System.] 



1875-76. . 
1876-77. . 
1877-78. . 
1878-79. . 
1879-80. . 
1880-81. . 
1881-82. . 
1882-83. . 
1883-84. . 
1884-«5.. 
1885-86.. 
1886-87.. 
1887-88. . 
1888-^9. . 
1889-90. . 
1890-91.. 
1891-92.. 
1892-93.. 
1893-94.. 
1894-95-. 
1895-96. . 
1896-97. . 
1897-98. . 



1899-1900.. 
1900-1901.. 
1901-2 



26-year mean 



Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Total. 







0.13 



.08 







.52 
.27 




.60 






.10 









0.52 


.42 
1,08 



0.81 

1.01 

.76 

.32 

.05 

T. 

.63 



1.35 



.05 


.10 
.20 
3.31 
LOO 
90 


.25 





T. 

0.84 
.10 
1.77 
0.35 
.30 
.69 
.05 
.25 
3.88 
1.45 
.05 
6.14 
1.05 


T. 




1.51 
55 



.45 
1.52 
2.13 






2.31 

.10 
3.46 
3.56 

.51 

.37 
(L81) 
3.25 
1.33 
1.33 
1.43 
2.18 
3.65 
4.30 
3.73 
2.80 
3.45 
4.39 
1.20 
3.55 
2.02 



1.08 
3.81 



1.61 
1.51 

.04 
2.00 

.35 
1.59 



.59 

(1.25) 

.19 

.75 

LOO 

3.30 

5.28 

2.53 

1.25 

1.67 

1.73 

.50 

.89 

1.70 



2.02 
.47 
4.47 
.34 
1.51 
1.54 
3.30 
1.76 
4.98 


.66 

2.79 

1.14 

.30 

1.15 

2.83 

1.00 

2.15 

1.40 

3.10 

.35 

4.96 

.70 

.41 

.98 

2.10 

3.80 



1.09 
1.91 

.73 

.82 
5.00 

.45 
2.62 

.07 
L50 
3.15 
1.10 

.40 
4.25 
3.71 
1.60 
L67 
3.30 
2.41 
1.45 
3.26 



0.53 
1.27 
3.20 
1.43 
3.53 

.64 
L59 
2.42 
2.90 
3.00 
2.65 
2.66 



.60 


1.60 

.30 

.70 



1.58 
.35 



1.75 
L33 
2.70 



T 

(0.52) 
.03 
.20 
.23 



1.07 

1.10 

1.05 



.31 
.81 

1.63 

LOO 


.50 
.87 
.56 
.13 
1.40 
1.13 
2.35 
L18 
.11 






0.04 



.56 

1.38 








.50 


.70 














(.12) 




















0.05 

T. 














.05 









«4.21 
4.94 
17.35 
3.16 
15.04 
9.84 
10.13 
8.18 
19.96 
8.52 
12.78 
8.89 
6.43 
12.86 
1L17 
9.84 
11.85 
10.36 
1L45 
17.31 
13.58 
14.20 
8.90 
8.04 
8.79 
7.98 
13.08 



10.91 



« Year incomplete. 



L.1PPINCOTT.] 



EAINFALL TABLES. 



429 



Record of precipitation at Fort Tejon, Kern County. 

[Latitude, 34° 55'; longitude, 118° 44'; elevation, 3,245 feet. Authority, United States War Depart- 
ment, and J. G. Stitt, Bakersfield.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1854r^5 














1.58 
2.24 


7.39 
1.22 
.20 
.26 


3.78 
4.98 

.04 
5.37 
2.37 

.60 
T. 


0.61 

4.62 

.63 

.09 



.20 
.43 





1.20 

.21 




.07 





.01 



0.30 
.12 
.35 
.07 
.16 
T. 


a 5. 97 


1855^6.. 

1856^7- 

1857-58 

1858-59 - 

1859-60 

1860-61 


0.99 
.08 

.44 

8.58 


0.05 
.05 
2.11 
2.62 
.16 




3.12 
1.04 

.25 
1.02 


7.50 
6.54 
4.50 
3.07 



4.41 
.37 

2.60 
.29 
.22 
.73 


7.88 
.95 
.75 

1.69 
.25 
.31 


32.97 
11.97 
25.40 
12.02 
11.61 
a 1.73 


1861-62 
















1862-63 
























T. 

.10 



.30 









T. 




18^3-64 

1894-95 


2.02 


1.00 


.71 


4.32 


.43 



3.08 

.40 
5.14 
1.55 

.50 

.66 
5.86 


1.84 
2.14 
4.01 
3.63 
1.36 
2.99 
.85 
1.97 


1.80 

1.44 

3.33 

.95 

.40 
.55 

1.82 
.78 


1.09 
1.31 
2.05 



.30 

.25 
1.57 

.90 


.04 



.22 





.78 






T. 



.26 












13.34 
«7.97 


1895-96 

1896-97 

1897-98 

1898-99 

1899-1900 

1900-1901 

1901-2 - 



.53 



.60 
.05 
1.06 
.05 


1.46 
1.63 
1.39 


1.10 


1.61 


1.42 
1.74 



.65 
1.71 
1.71 

.26 


1.25 
4.47 
1.72 

.73 
1.40 

.50 
T. 


3.07 
3.52 
1.89 
2.57 
2.12 
1.80 


17.77 
21.61 
8.61 
9.62 
11.28 
14.58 
nl.92 


12-year mean 





















1.5.90 


































i 











« Year incomplete. 
Becord of precipitatiori at Isabella, Kern County. 

[Latitude, 35° 48'; longitude, 118° 25'; elevation, 2,600 feet. Authority, Stephen Barton, Isabella.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. June.! July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1895-96 












0.10 


1.93 


0.89 


0.04 


0.06 


2.57 


0.01 


«5.60 


1896-97 


0.32 
.15 
.04 


.30 



1.17 



.78 
.24 
.64 


0.48 





.85 
5.53 

.13 


0.70 
1.24 
.33 

.78 
.05 





a 2. 67 


1897-98 

1898-99. 

1899-1900 

1900-1901 

1901-2 


0.54 
1.95 
LIO 
1.20 
.34 


.99 
.19 
.65 
2.74 
6.05 


.58 
1.89 
.65 
.33 
2.27 


.06 
.28 
.73 
.36 
1.02 


.54 
.25 
1.06 
1.98 
.05 




.45 



















.02 

.99 




4.10 
5.38 
6.62 
13.72 
10.50 


5-year mean. 


























8.06 





























a Year incomplete. 



430 



CALIFORTSriA HYDROGEAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



Record of precipitation at Keene, Kern County. 
[Latitude, 35° 12'; longitude, 118° 40'; elevation, 2,705 feet. Authority, Pacific Railway System.] 



Year. 



Sept, 



Oct. 



Nov. 



Dec. 



Jan. 



Feb. 



Mar. 



Apr. 



July. Aug, 



1877-78..., 
1878-79... 
1879-80-... 
1880-81-... 
1881-^2.--. 
1882-83.-.. 
1883-84-... 
1884-85.... 
1885-86.... 
1886-87.... 
1887-88.... 
1888-89-... 
1889-90.... 
1890-91.... 
1891-92..-. 
1892-93-.-. 
1893-94.... 
1894-95.... 
1895-96.... 
1896-97-... 
1897-98.... 
1898-99.... 
1899-1900- . 
1900-1901- . 
1901-2 

25- year mean 







0.58 






.12 


.42 
.41 
.22 


.14 
.35 




.03 


.27 






0.47 
.50 
.22 
.21 

1.40 
.45 

2.55 
.28 
T. 

1.32 


2.23 



.16 
.35 
.05 

1.37 


1.01 


.61 
.70 
.45 





1.43 



.25 

.16 

.36 

3.73 

1.95 

.50 

1.28 

1.30 

.10 

.08 

.65 

.18 

.30 

1.65 

1.01 



.40 
3.16 
1.94 



1.75 
.74 
5.37 
3.43 
.30 
.47 
1.06 
5.22 
.46 
1.10 
1.72 
2.29 
5.17 
3.57 
6.37 
1.98 
1.50 
4.59 
1.90 
2.94 
3.02 
.62 
.90 

.30 



4.37 

.67 
2.36 
2.12 
1.40 

.17 
3.14 

.30 
2.02 

.51 
1.30 

.36 
3.15 

.23 
1.65 
2.20 
3.60 
6.03 

.82 
2.28 
1.73 

.41 



7.49 
.55 
1.21 
2.42 
2.57 
3.31 
7.46 
.13 
.64 
3.20 
1.70 


1.97 
6.59 
2.22 
3.26 
1.65 
2.71 


7.49 
.75 
1.17 
1.12 
5.35 
6 91 



2.72 
.83 
].15 
1.96 
1.42 
2.55 
4.80 
.65 



3.74 
1.98 
1.30 
4.10 
6.70 
2.25 
2.40 
2.47 
3.17 
2.04 
4.10 
.54 
1.30 
4.80 



2.10 
1.97 
4.07 
.72 
1.44 
2.04 
3.16 
1.47 
2.84 
2.73 
.78 
.95 
.50 
1.30 
1.86 
1.30 
.55 
1.95 
2.82 
.14 
.35 
.66 
2.57 
1.19 
2.70 







0.12 

.19 



3.23 
.11 


T. 
2.03 
1.77 
1.30 
1.35 
.60 
T. 
.40 
1.25 
1.30 


1.12 
1.18 
L.55 
.80 
.45 










0.10 


1.79 

.10 

T. 

.20 







.05 
1.07 



.20 





.59 



.79 




















0.06 

T. 

T. 

.68 








1.05 














T. 

0.02 





18.43 
5.23 
16.31 
11.32 
9.58 
11.05 
24.25 
10.95 
12.92 
10.61 
12.84 
10.67 
19.42 
14.90 
18.17 
17.30 
10.82 
19.63 
13.88 
17.62 
10.02 
9.36 
11.37 
13.43 
17.43 



13.^ 



Record of pv^ecipitation at Kernville, Kern Couiity. 

[Latitude, 35° 45'; longitude, 118° 27'; elevation, 2,600 feet. Authority, Stephen Barton and A 
Brown, Kernville.] - 



Year Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. June. 


July. 


Aug. : Total. 


1893-94 










1.10 
5.10 
3.52 
3.40 

.58 

i.e5 

.80 
1.35 
.30 


1.88 
1.55 

3.60 
.99 
.19 
.53 
2.92 
3.07 


0.42 
1.80 
1.54 
2.57 
.58 
1.89 
.58 
.15 
2.10 


0.17 
.37 
.86 
.10 

T. 
.•>8 
.52 
.31 
.74 


0.53 







.54 

.25 

90 
1.62 

.10 




0.20 



.45 


.00 






2.25 






.00 


0.01 


.05 





.70 
00 


"4.11 


1894-95- 

1895-96 

1896-97 

1897-98 

1898-99 - 

1899-1900 

1900-1901 

1901-2.. I 


0.60 




,04 


.79 





0.50 

1.48 

45 



.78 
.10 
.72 



0.95 

.41 
1.14 



.85 
5.09 

.15 


5.31 
.40 
.85 

11.32 

.:^ 

.73 






14.73 
10.27 
12.41 
15.60 
5.38 
5.69 
13.03 
7.18 


7year mean. 














i 










11.02 














1 


! 









"Year incomplete. 



LIPPINCOTT.] 



RAINFALL TABLES. 



431 



Record of 2:>reiiipitation at Mount Breckiyiridge, Hanlon, Kern County, 
[Latitude, 35^^ 2b'; longitude, 118° 35'; elevation, 6,750 feet- Authority- G, Otterman.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr 




May. 
0.40 


June. 
0.10 


July. 



Aug. 



Total. 


1896-9T 






2.26 


5.95 


2.70 


5. 13 


7.72 


av4.^5 


1897-98 ft 








1898-99 












1.79 


3.17 












a i. 96 



























(« Year incomplete. ft No record kept in 1898. 

Record of 2yrecipitation at Taylor's ranch, Wei don, Kern, County. 

[Latitude, 35° 3U'; longitude, 118° 17'; elevation, 2,640 feet. Authority, Geo. E. Carleton and Annie 
Alexander, "Weldon. ] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1899- 19(M) 


! 


0.78 
4.29 
.12 


0.66 




0.71 

■ 1.06 

.26 


0.47 
1.96 
4.37 


0.50 
.05 
1.41 


0.39 
.41 
.31 


0.82 

1.02 




0.02 









0.03 

2.60 




"4 38 


1900-1901..... 
1901-2.. 


0.62 0.02 
.39 


12.03 
6 86 


2 year mean. 


1 


1 


















9.45 




1 i 





















« Year incomplete. 
Record of precipitation at Tehachapai^ Keim County. 

[Latitude, 35° 06'; longitude, 118° 26'; elevation, 3,964 feet. Authority, Pacitic Railway System.] 



Year. 



1876-77 


0.08 


1877-78 





1878-79- 





1879-80. 





1880-81 





1881-82 


.32 


1882-83 





1883-84 





1884-85 





1885-86 





1886-87 





1887-88_. 





1888-89 





1889-90 





1890-91 


.50 


1891-92 


1.17 


1892-93 





1893-94- 





1894-95 


.10 


1895-96 





1896-97 





1897-98.. 


.02 


1898-99 





1899- 19CX) 





1900-1901 





1901-2 






Sept. 



Oct. 



0.45 
T. 
.30 
.52 
.75 
.10 
.74 
.81 
.13 


T. 
.86 





.50 


.44 
L45 



Nov. 




0.50 

.04 
1.03 

.10 

. 50 

.18 

.14 

.29 
3.70 
1.15 

.26 



.70 







.50 


60 

.53 



T. 
1.53 
1.53 





Dec. 





2.91 
.64 
5. 52 
2.14 
.12 
.50 
.72 
3 96 
.53 
.60 
1.44 
3.65 
5.30 
3.48 
3.10 
.40 
5.25 
3.75 
.36 
1.13 
1.00 
.20 
.61 




Jan. 



0.58 

2.59 

2.62 

2.81 

1.79 

1.05 

15 

1.54 

.10 

1.58 

.50 

2.57 

.40 

1.75 

.03 

. 92 

.85 

2.80 

3.21 

1.57 

1.78 

1.20 

.68 

.64 

1.17 

. 80 



Feb. 



.45 
1.94 
2.05 
2.07 
4.55 



6.06 
8.88 
2.60 
.60 
.70 
3.45 
2.68 
3.61 
1.68 
.69 


2.03 
.34 
. 60 
.39 
3. 29 
3.90 



Mar. 



26-year mean 10.23 



0.89 
1.76 

.19 
1.47 
3.15 
1.45 
1.51 
3.48 

.26 
4.10 

.24 
1.20 
3. .56 

.30 

.80 
2.73 
5.00 



1.08 
3.80 

.18 
1.35 
1.62 

.29 

.25 
1.05 



Apr 

0.60 
1.93 
L39 
2.30 
.50 
.63 
2.89 
1.85 
1.48 
4.57 
L95 
1.25 
3.96 


.90 
.61 
.(55 
(.18) 
.50 



1.29 
.26 
1 73 



May 


June. 


July, 


Aug. 


0.12 





0.02 





.28 


0.09 





T. 1 


.09 


.12 
































.20 


.15 








1.73 











1.26 


1.05 








.m 





.05 


.31 








.10 





.26 


0- 








.35 


() 








1.07 








.80 














.70 


(0.00) 


(1 





.55 























.83 


.27 








.75 




















.85 














.82 











.32 


.38 








.50 


23 


T. 





.79 








1,70 
































I Total. 

2.88 
16 38 

5.84 
15.59 
10. 48 

6.59 
12.25 
18.42 

6.88 
20.63 
13.58 
10. 43 
14.04 
11 45 

9.86 
11 75 
10.51 
11.50- 
10.08 

7.15 

r.85 

5.21 
3.70 
6.05 
9.47 
7.98 



482 



CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



Record of precipitation at Tejon Ranch, Kern County. 
[Latitude, SS'^ 01'; longitude, 118° 45'; elevation, 1,450 feet. Authority, R. M. Pogson, Baker sfield.] 



Year. Isept. 


Oct 


Nov, 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1894-95 








5.05 
1 90 


1,39 

.37 


1.70 
4.22 


1.11 
1.62 


.49 

.48 














"9 74 


1895-96. 

1896-97 





2.VS 


1.41 

2.12 


1,06 


13.19 
«2.12 


1897-98 








2.32 
1.30 
1.17 
1.28 
1.6J 


1.68 
2 10 

.a5 

4.69 
1.46 


.94 
4.03 
.41 
.95 

2.74 


.17 
.82 
1.97 
1.36 

2.02 


.84 


1.57 
1.28 

.98 






.02 

















T. 



a 5. 95 


1898-99.. 

1899-1900 

1900-1901 

1901-2 


0.84 

06 



.42 

1.81 

67 

,40 


1.82 
1.06 
.17 


.87 
1.67 
.84 
.60 


10.45 
10.29 
11.69 
9.98 


5-year mean. 
























11.12 





























« Year incomplete. 

Record of precipitation at Bartlett Springs, Lake County. 
[Latitude, 39° 10'; longitude, 122° 45'; elevation, 2,375 feet. Authority, J. E. McMahon.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 

3.50 

1.53 
13.14 

7.51 
14.59 

1.71 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1896-97 










6.78 
8.36 

127 
7.62 
22.38 


5.36 
.19 
8.49 
6.42 
1.67 
5.98 


0.75 
.63 
-85 
3.23 
4.52 
5.20 



2.39 

2.47 
.88 
L40 
3.40 



1.10 






















a 16. 89 


1897-98. 

1898-99 

1899-1900 

1900-1901 







1.70 


4.79 


2.31 

1.87 
10.06 


3.72 
1.28 

7.87 


21.93 

28.05 

42.03 

«29.80 


1901-2 


1.17 


1.80 


5.86 


4.02 


51.52 


4-year mean. 


























35.88 


1 

























a Year incomplete. 

Record of precipitation at Kono Tayee, Lake Comity. 
[Latitude, 39° 5'; longitude, 122° 43'; elevation, 1,350 feet. Authority, R. S. Floyd.] 



Year. ! Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


1 
Aug. Total. 


1873-74 

1874-75 

1875-76 

1876-77 

1877-78 

1878-79.. 

1879-80 

1880-81 

1881-82 

1882-83 

1883-84 

1893-93 

1893-94 

1894-95 

1895-96. 

1896-97 

1897-98 

1898-99 

1899-1900 

1900-1901 

1901-2 






0.73 





.42 
.70 
.18 
.25 
.50 
.71 
.29 


.51 


T. 
.54 



8.70 
1.17 

.20 
1.65 

.41 

.91 



.63 
1.64 

.99 

.84 

.42 
1.22 



.73 
L24 

.46 
3.78 
8.11 
1.04 




6.25 
6.96 
3.-50 
2.23 
1.37 
3.57 
3.54 
2.90 
4.42 

.39 
6.53 
3.76 

.74 
1.69 
3.38 
1.64 
1.15 
5.56 
3.89 
8.87 




0.29 
5.12 


1.98 

.33 
5.72 
1.92 
1.77 

.98 

.70 
5.57 
2.84 
10.70 
2.12 
5.93 
2.12 
1.27 
4.14 
1.67 
L19 


1.88 
9.16 
6.05 
3.17 

14.16 
3.01 
6.24 
5.50 
L74 
1.40 
4.17 
8.84 
6.92 

14.45 
9.42 
2.85 
.71 
7.74 
8.10 
5.57 
1.81 


3.60 
.38 
4.22 
2.81 
11.04 
3.41 
8.85 
6.58 
3.20 
.60 
L91 
4.15 
4.32 
2.32 
.25 
4.01 
4.19 
T. 
1.27 
4.33 
10.28 


4.62 
.92 
8.84 
1.40 
4.60 
9.15 
4.74 
.64 
2.84 
8.81 
5.85 
5.41 
1.11 
3.13 
2,31 
3.76 
.11 
5.43 
2.89 
L83 
8.85 


2.05 


.10 
.50 
1.48 
.47 
.48 
.95 
1.54 
.95 
3.88 
2.06 
.91 
.98 
4.62 
.90 
.64 
.70 
2.32 
2.05 
2.42 


0.45 
.84 



0.79 
.64 
.25 
.12 
.40 

2.41 
.06 
.66 
.90 

1.14 

1.69 
.90 

1.67 
.45 
.67 
.96 

1.59 



0.42 



.50 

.45 





.25 




4.08 


1.64 

,; 

.48 
.45 
.28 
T. 
.45 


















T. 



.18 












0.07 

.05 













T. 
T. 

.27 




T, 


T. 
T. 


12.60 
21.96 
81.96 
12.08 
39.13 
18.84 
25.76 
19.50 
14.52 
16.63 
22.23 
29.24 
22.57 
35.18 
28.53 
23.18 
12.77 
18.17 
23.73 
23.36 
26.09 


21 -year mean 


























22.53 





























LilPPlNCOTT.] 



RAINFALL TABLES. 



433 



Record of precipitation (it Lakeport, Lake County. 

[Latitiide, J2;i° 0'; longitxxde, 'Sd° ()'; elevation, 1,325 feet. Authority, D. C. Eumsey.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1900-1901 

1901-2 



.88 


4.25 
2.20 


5.55 
4.18 


4.20 



9.20 
3.00 


3.95 
12.86 


1.25 
3.70 


2.15 
3.30 


0.62 
2.45 














31.17 
32.57 


























31. 86 































Record of precipitation at Middletown, Lake County. 
[Latitude, 38° 46'; longitude, 122° 37'; elevation, 1,300 feet. Authority, Leon Lake.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1879-80 

1880-81 

1881-82 

1882-83 

1883-84 

1884-85 

1885-86 

1886-87-. . .. 


0.91 


.55 
.90 

2.55 
.50 
.15 


1.36 
0.06 
L26 
2.93 
L36 
2.08 
.54 


8.38 
0.02 
LOS 
5.07 
.57 
.05 
19.42 


9.59 

2L86 
8.09 
1.47 
2.34 

22.93 
6.60 
3.96 

14.77 
3.36 

20.52 
5.59 

11.21 


7.07 
17.85 
2.86 
2.25 
8.25 
2.54 
13.61 
2.2.5 
6.25 
14.37 
28.90 
25. 78 


2.48 
5.95 
6.80 
1.92 
5.25 
L37 
0.32 
10.74 
7.82 
8.32 
3.40 
.06 


4.64 
1.83 
4.60 
7.25 
12.82 
12.82 
0.70 
1.71 
9.32 
2.09 
5.87 
■ 5.79 


22.21 
2.52 
2.57 
3.69 
8.36 
8.42 
1.32 
8.03 
3.88 
2.65 
L77 
8.54 


1.76 
0.29 

.65 
3.97 

.06 

.30 


1.64 
L49 
2.06 
L75 
2.23 




0.34 





3.28 
2.98 

.27 





.89 
























58.40 
50.72 
28.43 
29.45 
44.84 
53.99 
42.93 
«28.33 


1892-93. 

1893-94 

1894-95 

1895-96 

1896-97 


.91 
.78 
1.28 
L86 

.48 


2.05 
.36 

3.18 


1.10 


15.64 
3.06 
1.92 
3.06 

7.55 






0.10 

.01 








0.10 


62.13 
37.94 
68.69 
53.02 
« 20. 34 






















11-year mean 


























48.23 





























"Year incomplete. 

Record of precipitation at Susanville, Lassen County. 
[Latitude, 40° 23' ; longitude, 120° 35' ; elevation, 4,195 feet. Authority, T. B. Sanders.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1885-86 

1886-87 . 


0.71 


0.50 
1.32 


5.92 


3.23 
2.23 


4.27 


0.92 
5.57 


2.70 1.70 


1.28 


L22 


0.57 


0.30 


23.32 
(' 9. 12 


1887-88....... 




1 












1888-89 

1889-90 

1890-91 

1891-92 

1892-93 

1893-94 

1894-95 

1895-96 

1896-97 

1897-98 

1898-99 

1899-1900 

1900-1901 

1901-2 


.71 



.15 

.65 

.71 

L65 
.30 

3.00 

i.;« 

.55 

.10 



.25 

.59 


.01 
4.18 
T. 
.45 
.83 
.60 
1.96 
.10 
.50 
2.65 
.80 
5.21 
2.67 
2.28 


L45 
2.74 

.35 
LIO 
10.66 
1.80 

.40 
1.95 
3.88 
3.13 
1.74 
2.70 
3.29 
1.72 


1.89 
8.55 
3.47 
4.91 
6.80 

.95 
8.66 
2.91 
2.96 
2.22 

.65 
3.59 
2.00 
1.89 


.03 
8.72 
LOO 
1.77 
4.82 
6.10 
10.29 
6.94 
5.99 

.45 
2.90 
L50 
4.76 

.70 


.60 
4.71 
7.84 
2.96 
3.53 
3.53 
3.00 

.05 
4.25 
2.38 

.31 
L22 
3.17 
5.14 


4.81 
4.60 
2.49 
2.80 
1.55 
2.85 
1.26 
3.23 
2.60 
.35 
3.32 
2.97 
L50 
2.56 


1.07 

1.03 

.80 

2.80 

1.83 

.95 

.50 

5.10 

.30 

.24 

.92 

.90 

1.57 

1.31 


6.26 

1.51 

2.41 

1.35 

.67 

1.55 

1.50 

2.22 

.90 

.54 

1.42 

.64 

.92 

.35 


L55 
.14 
L65 

.98 


.75 
T. 
T. 
.42 
1.02 


.40 
.27 



.05 



.55 



T. 



T. 

.20 







.63 



.54 




.15 
T. 


T. 
.20 
.20 
.20 
.08 
.08 
.46 
.02. 
1.77 
.09 


18.43 
36.36 
20.71 
19.77 
81.40 
20.43 
28.07 
25.90 
23.21 
13.61 
12.62 
19.78 
22.17 
17.17 


15-year mean 


























22.20 































« Year incomplete. 



IRR 81—03- 



-28 



434 



CALIFOENIA HYDROGRAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



Record of precipitation at Azusa, Los Angeles County. 
[Latitude, 34° 8'; longitude, 117° 54'; elevation, 630 feet. Authority, H. F. Parkinson.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1897-98....... 

1898-99....... 

1899-1900 

1900-1901 

1901-3 




.06 

T. 

.13 

T. 


4.25 
T. 

2.55 
.34 

2.35 


0.25 
T. 
1.79 
10.25 
.67 


T. 
0.50 
1.00 

T. 


1.75 
2.81 
1.31 
3.77 
2.24 


1.25 

T. 

T. 

4.86 

2.84 


0.81 
2.49 
1.71 
.50 
3.99 


0.25 
T. 
1.05 
.73 

.38 


3.63 
T. 
3.79 
1.91 

.18 


T. 
1.35 


T. 

.08 


T. 




T. 
T. 



T. 



T. 



11.19 
7.11 
12.20 
22.49 
12.73 


5-year mean. 






1 


















13.14 


1 


1 ■ 





















Record of precipitation at Calabasas, Los Angeles County. 
[Latitude, 34° 09'; longitude, 118° 38'; elevation, 925 feet. Authority, J. G. Chapman.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1901-2 











1.28 


4.35 


2.17 

















7.80 













Record of precipitation at Colby^s Camp, Los Angeles County. 
[Latitude, 118° 05'; longitude, 34° 15'; elevation, 3,875 feet. Authority, D. W. Colby, Pasadena.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1898 99 










2.90 
1.15 
6.94 
2.50 


0.25 



13.54 

3.15 


2.75 

2.00 
.67 
3.55 


0.17 
1.38 
3.65 
1.84 


0.60 
3.25 
1.10 
.20 


0.79 


.10 
.10 












0.25 




a 7. 46 


1899-1900 

1900-1901 

1901-2... 




0.25 

.10 


3.66 
.45 
3.15 


1 25 
8.]5 



1.26 




13.95 
34.10 
14.59 


3-year mean- 


























30.88 





























n Year inc omplete . 

Record of precipitation at Follows Camp (Azusa) , Los Angeles County. 

[Latitude, 34° 14'; longitiide, 117° 49'; elevation, 1,800 feet. Authority, R. M. Follows, Azusa.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1895-96 








1.02 
1.61 
.27 
.70 
.44 
.15 


2.77 
5.43 

3.59 


T. 
10.39 
9.80 
.84 
T. 


6.55 

8.25 


2.49 
2.40 


0.70 
.15 
.85 
.13 

1.77 


0.36 

.28 
6.16 


2.98 




T. 
1.03 
.91 


0.07 





LIO 
.07 
.53 



«13.57 


1896-97 

1897-98.. 

1898-99 

1899-1900 


T. 
.45 


.12 


2.95 

7.85 


3.03 


1.03 
.20 
1.70 
1.64 

.80 


30.16 

27.14 

10.35 

n. 13. 38 


1901-2 








a. 95 


























3-year mean. 


























22.55 





























a Year incomplete. 



EAINFALL TABLES. 



435 



LTPPINCOTT.] 

Record of precipitation at La Liebre, Los Angeles County. 
[Latitude, 34° W; longitude, 118° 40'; elevation, 3,170 feet. Authority, J. W. Forbes, Neenack.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov, 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1896-97 . . . 




0.50 


1.47 



0.90 


0.40 
.66 
.46 


3.67 
.53 
1.79 
1.24 


4.01 
.04 


2.30 
.81 
3.26 


0.10 

.09 










a 10. 08 


1897 98 


0.45 
.04 



0.27 










a 3. 07 


1898-99. 

1899-1900 


0.20 
.05 


5.35 
«4.12 





















n Year incomplete. 
Record of precipitation at Los Angeles, Los Angeles County. 

[Latitude, 34° 03'; longitude, 118° 15'; elevation, 330 feet. Authority, Signal Service and Weather 

Bureau.] 



1871-72. . 
1872-73.. 
1873-74. . 
1874-75-. 

1875-76. . 
1876-77.. 
1877-78. . 
1878-79. . 
1879-80.. 
1880-81.- 
1881-82. . 
1882-83- - 
1883-84.- 
1884-85- - 
1885-86. . 
1886-87 . - 
1887-88. - 



1890-91..-. 
1891-92.... 
1892-93. . . 
1893-94.... 
1894-95-... 
1895-96.... 
1896-97.... 
1897-98.... 
1898-99..... 
1899-1900.. 
1900-1901.. 
1901-2 



Sept. 






0.06 













T. 
T. 



T. 
.05 
.11 
.18 
.03 
.34 
.06 
.06 



T. 

.73 

T 

T 



02 
T. 
T 
.03 






1.81 

40 
.86 
.14 
93 
.14 
.82 
.05 

1.42 
.39 
30 
.02 
.17 
.40 

6.96 
.03 

.33 



.24 
1.30 
2.47 

.09 
1.59 

.26 
1.88 





0.74 
1.89 
7.57 



.45 


3.44 

.67 

.27 
1.82 



1.07 
5.55 
1.18 

.80 
4.02 
1.35 

.13 


4.40 

.20 



.80 
1.66 

.01 
T. 

.90 

6.53 

46 



4.42 
5.74 
.20 
.83 


3.93 
4.70 
6.53 
8 40 
.52 
.08 
2.56 
4.65 
1.65 



6.26 
15.80 
2.32 
1.99 
4.18 
3.65 
4.62 



2.08 
5.51 
17.22 
6.54 
3.48 
3.33 
3.59 
1.33 
L43 
1.01 
1.63 
3.15 
1.05 
7.78 

.20 
6.04 

.25 
7.83 

.25 

.88 
6.29 

.94 
5.84 
3.23 
3.70 
1.26 
2.64 
1.17 
2.49 
1.62 



2.25 
7.19 
9.77 

.15 
7.92 

.01 
7.68 

.97 
1.56 

.36 
2 66 
3.47 
13. 37 

.01 
1.41 
9.25 

.80 

.92 
1.36 
8.56 
3.19 
2.27 

.49 

.46 
T. 
5.62 

.51 

.04 
T. 
4.38 

3.a5 



0.43 

.05 
1.09 

.23 
3.41 

.83 
2.57 

.49 
1.45 
1.66 
2.66 
2,87 
12.36 

.01 
2.52 

.29 
3.17 
6.48 

.66 

.41 
8.39 
8.52 

.37 
3.77 
2.97 
2.31 

.98 
1.81 

.99 

.45 



Apr. May. June. 



mean 16.00 



0.97 


.45 
.07 
.45 
.36 
1.71 
1.19 
5.06 
.46 
1.83 
.15 
3.58 
2.01 
2.32 
2.36 
.12 
.27 
.22 
1.26 
.32 
,19 
.13 
.46 
.19 
.02 
.03 
.18 



I 



0.10 


.42 
.05 
.03 
.30 
.66 
.24 
.04 
.01 
.63 

2.02 
.39 
.06 
,01 
.20 
.05 
.65 
.03 
.31 

2.06 
.06 
.20 
.19 
.30 
.10 

1. 75 
.04 

1.81 

1.50 
.03 














0.07 

.03 





T. 

.03 
l.;39 

T. 

.11 

.07 

.01 

.01 

.02 



.06 

,03 

T. 
01 

T. 

T. 

T. 

.58 

T. 

T. 

T. 



July.' Aug. 












T.- 


T. 
0.02 
T. 
.27 
.07 
.04 
T. 


T. 



T. 
T. 
.02 
T. 
.07 

T. 
T. 




0.22 
L06 













T. 

T. 





.02 

T. 

.21 

T. 

.10 

.28 

.03 



.01 



.01 

T. 

.01 



T. 

.01 

T. 

.09 





«3.97 
14.80 
23.72 
21.67 
26.74 

5.28 
31.26 
ll.;35 
20.34 
13.13 
10.40 
13.11 
38.36 

9.25 
22.18 
14.01 
14.16 
19.57 
34.60 
13.33 
11.86 
26.27 

6.74 
16.10 

8.54 
16.83 

7.13 

5.53 

7.90 
16.38 
10.51 



a Year incomplete. 



436 



CALIFORlSriA HYDROGRAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



Record of precipitation at Magic Hill, No. 1, Los Angeles County. 
[Latitude, 34° 23'; longitude, 118° 22'; elevation, 2,820 feet. Authority, B. L. Hutchins, Burbank.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1897-98 

1898-99 


3.12 
.07 
.54 




0.10 


0.30 


0.25 
1.60 
1.34 
6.71 


0.61 
.15 


6.68 



■2.07 
1.67 

.78 


0.34 
.14 
2.05 
1.79 


0.29 
1.65 
4.40 

.57 


1.80 
.05 
.06 


1.35 

.04 


0.52 




a5.56 

ra8 78 


1899-1900 

1900-1901.-... 


2.25 
.71 


1.07 
6.53 


1.20 



14.15 
&24.31 













a Year incomplete. 



& Record stopped. 



Record of precipitation at Manzana, Los Angeles County. 
[Latitude, 34° 45'; longitude, 118° 35'; elevation, 2,850 feet. Authority, E. A. Silrey.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1893-94. . .. 








0.21 
2.79 
1.09 
2.70 

.63 
1.15 
1.11 
3.20 

.67 


0.37 




3.04 

.02 
T. 

.10 
6.68 
1.52 


0.36 

1.36 

1.70 

1.71 

.47 

L35 

.93 

.25 

1.14 


T. 

0.08 
.63 
.04 


.04 
.42 
.61 



0.35 
T. 
T. 
.01 
.24 
.09 
.38 
.12 
.15 


0.17 



T. 


.04 


T. 





T. 







0.10 


.10 
.28 



.08 
.65 



«1.56 


1894^95. 

1895-96 

1896-97. - 

1897-98 

1898-99. 

1899-1900 

1900-1901 

1901-2 


0.49 




T. 


.10 
T. 



0.40 

.61 

.21 


1.27 

.09 
2.02 



0.48 

.30 
T. 



.71 
2.55 

.20 


3.60 
.18 

1.46 
.14 
.50 
.29 


T. 


8.32 
4.58 

10.15 
1.71 
3.17 
5.29 

14.25 
5.70 


8-year mean 


























6.65 





























a "Year incomplete. 

Record of precipitation at Mou7it Lowe [Echo Mountain post-office) , Los Angeles 

County. 

[Latitude, 34° 15'; longitude, 118° 07'; elevation, 3,200 feet. Authority, Louis Svs^ift and Edgar L. 

Larkin.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 










Total. 


1895 96 








1.35 
2.17 
.22 

.98 


2.85 
6.42 
1.55 
3.29 


0.10 

7.47 
2.32 



4.10 
6.67 
1.65 
3.40 
2.90 
1.18 
5.97 


0.60 
.19 
2.70 
.20 
2.15 
L14 
L35 


0.30 
.87 
2.17 
1.90 
4.05 
4.45 
.33 



0.10 

.40 

.40 
.75 
.30 




0.15 





T. 




O9.30 


1896-97.. 

1897-98-- 

1898-99 

1899-1900 






0.25 



.25 



2.39 
2.57 
.30 
3.00 
1.66 
4.18 


1.55 
.40 


2.85 
11.71 
1.05 


27.98 

13.48 

10.73 

al5.35 


1900-1901 

1901-2 



.23 


7.55 
1.88 


5.42 

3.48 


34.11 

18.77 


5-year mean. 


























21.01 





























a Year incomplete. 

Record of precipitation at Mount Sister Elsie, Los Angeles County. 

[Latitude, 34'" 17'; longitude, 118° 14'; elevation, 5,021 feet. Authority, L. T. Rowley, Monte Vista.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1898-99 










2.95 

.85 
8.92 


0.12 



12.13 


3.37 

1.87 
.95 


0.58 
1.30 
3.60 


0.08 
3.02 
1.93 


0.78 








T. 


a 7. 88 


1899-1900 

1900-1901 . 


0.35 
.09 


2.10 
.81 


1.34 
6.70 


0.41 



1L34 
C35.13 













« Year incomplete. 



<^ Record discontinued. 



LTPPINCOTT.] 



RAINFALL TABLES. 



437 



Record of precipitation at Newliall, Los Angeles County. 
[Latitudo, 34° 25'; longitude, 118° 33'; elevation, 1,268 feet. Authority, Pacific Railway System.] 



1876-7T.. 
1877-78.. 
1878-79. . 
1879-80- . 
1880-81. . 
1881-82. . 
1882-83.. 
1883-84. . 
1884.^.. 
1885-86. . 
1886-87.. 
1887-88. . 
1888-89- . 
1889-90.. 
1890-91.. 
1891-92. . 
1892-93. . 
1893-94. 
1894-95. . 
1895-96. . 



1897- 



1899-1900.. 
1900-1901.. 
1901-2 



Sept. 












0.02 



.35 
.13 



.80 




.14 





0.03 



.37 


1.23 

.16 

.16 

.60 





.65 

.40 
(2.50) 





.30 

.72 



.10 
1.55 
1.00 


1.63 

.08 
2.32 




0.32 


3.10 

.26 

.12 
1.20 


1.10 
9.01 

.87 
1.46 
3.69 
3.36 




4.72 




1.09 
1.00 





.90 
5.24 

.70 



Dec. 





1.45 
2.33 
9.23' 
6.22 
4.21 



3.34 
3.89 
2.25 

.21 
4.26 
5.64 
15.70 
1.94 
2.12 
4.16 
3.90 
7.59 

.11 
2.23 



.22 

.64 







Jan. 



1.56 

3.78 

2.25 

.10 

.57 

.43 

1.96 

6.66 

.47 

5.22 



6.74 

.a5 

6.30 
.31 
1.32 
3.91 
.85 
7.11 
2.15 
4.86 
.45 



5.13 
1.00 



Feb. 



2.95 

14.53 



.69 

12.38 

1.17 

(.08] 

4.41 

9.99 

3.02 

1.34 

.29 

.31 

.15 

5.08 

3.14 





26-yearmean ' j. 15.10 



0.43 
1.02 



1.08 
1.70 
4.71 
3.07 
9.73 

.07 
3.11 

.15 
4.21 
9.39 

.44 

.88 
4.07 
7.90 

.62 
3.66 
4.04 
3.32 



1.98 
1.97 

.13 
2.53 



Apr. 



0.60 
1.46 
1.52 
3.39 
.34 
.93 


3.85 
1.75 
4.27 
1.96 
.29 
.40 
.33 
1.26 
.06 
.47 
.15 
.39 
1.03 

.10 



May. 



0.56 
.15 
.05 



2.28 
2.17 


I 
.10 j 
.04 I 
.56 

(0.00)' 
.66 ' 

2.08 
.34 
.66 


.20 
.08 
.93 


1.31 



June. 


July. 












































1.67 





.06 


0.03 


T. 





.03 


























T. 












































.25 
























Aug. 



3.05 
11.44 

6.77 
19.52 

9.15 
13.99 
11.62 
42.11 

7.96 
24.55 
15.70 
18.84 
21.59 
33.04 
15.39 
12.80 
23.14 

7.19 
19.86 

9.12 
18.12 

5.62 

5.44 

7.59 
19.08 



Note.— February and October, 1889, and May, 1890, estimated by War Department. 



Record of precipitation at Palmdale (Headworks) , Los Angeles County. 

[Latitude, 34° 25'; longitude, 118° 03'; elevation, 3,299 feet. Authority, Burt. Cole and S. T. 

Berkley.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. Total. 


1895-96. 

1896-97.. 

1897-98 

1898-99 

1899-1900 

1900-1901 

1901-2 


T. 
0.32 
T. 







T. 


T. 
L42 

.86 


1.28 

.20 

.32 


0.75 

.43 


T. 

.37 
1.79 

.04 


0.10 
.98 
.14 
.87 
.32 




LOO 
3.78 
2.38 
1.00 
.65 
1.34 
1.17 


T. 

3.71 
.07 
.31 


4.50 
1.08 


2.50 
1.31 
.90 
.97 
.80 
.38 
L96 


T. 

0.04 



.57 
.15 
.20 




0.32 

.21 



.76 
T. 









T. 


0.25 
.03 
.02 






1.35 
1.57 

.05 





.33 




5.95 
13.91 
4.63 
3.15 

4.65 
8.69 
4.77 


7-year mean 


























6.86 































438 



CALIFOENIA HYDEOGRAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



Record of precipitation at San Fernando, Los Angeles County. 
[Latitude, 34° 16'; longitude, 118° 26'; elevation, 1,066 feet. Authority, Pacific Railway System.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1877-78....... 

1878-79 

1879-80 

1880-81.. 

1881-82 

1882-83.. 

1883-84.. 

1884r-85 

1885-86 

1886-87 

1887-88- 

1888-89 

1889-90.. 

1890-91 

1891-92 

1892-93 

1893-94- 

1894-95 

1895-96 

1896-97 

1897-98- 

1898-99 

1899-1900 

1900-1901 

1901-2 






















.04 



.32 

.36 

.12 













.10 



T. 

T. 


0.04 
.16 
.33 


.95 
.28 
.70 
.42 


.78 
.22 
.36 

6.17 



.40 
.61 
.02 
.21 

1.48 

1.66 
.25 

1.65 
.14 

1.40 


0.48 

.09 
2.15 

.86 

.16 

.68 



1.00 
7.94 

.87 

.90 
3.24 
1.60 

.18 


1.48 

.05 



.90 

.96 





.82 
6.19 

.50 


2.36 
1.20 
6.29 
4.72 

.32 


2 76 
4.96 
1.17 

.24 
1.41 
5.40 
14.40 
1.61 
1.03 
4.40 
2.23 
5.82 

.61 
2.12 



.20 
1.04 






4.15 
3.97 

.95 
1.28 

.62 
1.32 
3.00 

.90 
6.70 

.21 
5.09 

.09 
5.40 

.30 

.57 
2.63 

.59 
7.62 
2.42 
5.39 
1.42 
1.29 
1.31 
4.17 
1.05 


6.89 

.86 
2.00 

.34 
1.70 
3.17 
10.60 


T. 
8.54 
1.39 

.63 
2.72 
6.32 
2.53 
3.67 

.61 
1.11 

.05 
5.58 

.57 





5.20 
2.72 


2.08 

.18 
1.14 
1.75 
3.21 
1.30 
10.51 
T. 
3.36 

.27 
3.40 
8.95 

.53 
1.23 
2.65 
6.93 

.75 
3.72 
3.32 
2.88 

.86 
1.45 
1.45 

.15 
2.80 


2.55 
1.41 
2.97 
.50 
1.56 
.13 
3.48 
1.48 
3.39 
2.52 
.44 
.56 
.05 
.96 
.21 
.56 
.24 
.55 
.29 


.10 


.25 
.72 
.29 


0.36 







.10 
2.12 
1.05 

.21 



T. 



.43 

.10 

.98 
1.68 

.08 

.32 

.28 

.15 


1.42 

T. 
1.87 

.62 










2.00 















.68 













0.19 





. 













.17 



















T. 


0.06 







.33 








18.91 
7.87 
15.83 
9.45 
8.62 
9.00 
34.10 
8.97 
22.75 
13.43 
12.89 
19.72 
31.29 
11.94 
8.79 
20.15 
5.45 
19.12 
8.28 
18.41 
6.20 
3.97 
8.39 
17.19 
8.76 


25-year mean 


























13.98 




1 























Record of precipitation at San Gabriel Electric Company^ s power house, Azusa, 
Los Angeles, County. 



[Latitude, 34° i 



longitude, 117° 54'; elevation, 1,000 feet. Authority, San G-abriel Electric 
Company.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1900-1901 

1901-2 


0.19 




3.15 


9.76 
.64 






5.23 
1.98 


3.81 
3.03 


0.58 
4.69 


L35 
.36 


L87 
.23 



0.14 






0.03 



12.87 
14.22 


2-year meau- 


























13.55 





























Record of precipitation at San Gabriel Electric Compa7iy\^ headgate, Los Angeles 

County. 

[Latitude, 34° 13'; longitude, 117° 52'; elevation, 1,100 feet. Authority, San Gabriel Electric 

Company.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1900-1901 

1901-2 


0.10 




4.58 


11.25 
1.08 



.18 


6.44 
1.83 


5.09 
3.61 


0.48 
6.24 


L15 
1.35 


2.90 
.10 



.19 






0.02 



27.43 
19.16 


2-yeai* mean 


























23.30 












1 

















LTPPINCOTT.j 



RAINFALL TABLES. 



439 



Record of precipitation at San Gabriel Electric Company's Sierra power house, 
Los Angeles County. 

[Latitude, 84° 13'; longitude, 117° 40'; elevation, 2,750 feet. Authority, San Gabriel Electric 

Company.] 



Year, 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1900-1901 










10.35 
2.13 


8.15 
3.45 


0.78 
7.53 


0.36 
L13 


2.78 
.20 


0.01 
.11 



.03 






(122.43 


1901 2 





3.99 


0.97 


0.24 


19.78 







"Year incomplete. 
Record of precipitation at Coulterville, Mariposa County. 

[Latitude, 37° 43'; longitude, 120° 12'; elevation, 1,660 feet. Authority, N. C. Ray.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1898-99 

1899-1900 

1900-1901 

1901-2. 





0.18 
1.35 



4.37 
3.82 
1.92 


0.76 
5.70 
8.27 
2.09 


2.04 
3.32 
1.39 
1.39 


4.69 
2.01 
4.99 



0.46 
.60 

8.04 



8.85 
1.47 
1.28 



0.53 
2.90 

.66 




0.34 

1.14 

3.29 




0.97 
.33 
T. 
.09 




T. 







T. 
T. 


18.64 
21.84 
31.92 
6.82 


4-year mean. 


























19.81 












1 















Record of precipitation at Yosemite, Mariposa County. 

' [Latitude, 37° 45'; longitude, 119° 35'; elevation, 4,063 feet. Authority, Galen Clark.]' 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1896-97 


085 


1.36 


6.19 


9.33 


6.62 


11.53 


16.32 


0.40 


0,62 


0.16 






rt53.88 











« Year incomplete. 
Record of precipitation at Camp Wright, Mendocino County. 
[Latitude, 39° 45'; longitude, 123° 00'; elevation, 1,800 feet. Authority, U. S. War Department.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 

0.85 
.87 


3.75 
.25 
.84 


.31 
.36 
.34 

5.61 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 
0.43 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1864-65.. 

1865-66 


0.03 

.81 


1.56 

.05 
1.42 



.50 



.05 




6.19 
16.67 
5.92 
6.38 
2.79 
5.38 
1.28 
4.03 
5.20 
4.98 
12.99 


12.20 
2.05 

24.67 

29.03 
6.63 
8.06 
1.19 

16.64 
7.24 

15.60 
2.27 


3.64 
15.83 

8.92 

8.61 
-13.57 

7.03 

2.66 
U.52 

3.55 
12.94 

9.83 


4.88 
4.30 
7.85 
5.89 
4.13 
6.61 
4.60 
19.78 
6.92 
5.46 
1.06 


3.57 

n.80 

2.38 
9.11 
3.80 
2.40 
7.10 
5.34 
2.91 
7.26 
1.76 


0.36 
1.05 
3.10 
3.25 
4.51 
2.02 
1.07 

.66 
1.13 
3.72 

.59 











32.15 
«o3.38 


1866-67 

1867-68 

1868-69 

1869-70 

1870-71. 

1871-73 

1872-73 

1873-74 

1874-75 


.01 
.71 
.55 
.39 
1.96 
.12 
.04 
1.16 
2.32 



1.58 




.04 
.30 
.26 









0.10 
.01 








0.20 





52.85 
69.87 
36.28 
34.15 
19.86 
59.14 
27.75 
51.68 
36.43 


10-year mean 


























42.02 


















. 













31 Year incomplete. 



440 



CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



Beco7^d of precipitation at Alturas, Modoc County. 
[Latitude, 41° 30'; longitude, 120'^ 30';' elevation, 4,300 feet. Authority, J. H. Stewart.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1901 2 




0.83 


0.74 


1.21 


0.01 
















2.79 























Record of precipitation at Fort Bidwell, Modoc County. 
[Latitude, 41° 53'; longitude, 120° 11'; elevation, 4,640 feet. Authority, U. S. "War Department.] 



Sept. 



Apr. 



July. 



Aug. 



1866-67- . 
1867-68. . 
1868-69.. 
1869-70. . 
1870-71-. 
1871-72. . 
1872-73.. 
1873-74- . 
1874^75-. 
1875-76.. 
1876-77. . 
1877-78.. 
1878-79.. 
1879-80.. 
1880-81.. 
1881-82. . 
1882-83. . 
1883-84. . 
1884-85.. 



1890-91.. 
1891-92. . 
1892-93.. 




.20 

1.18 
.40 




.10 
.70 
.10 
.05 
.24 
.48 


1.40 
.09 


.05 
.33 


1.60 
.13 
.91 



.10 


.03 
.20 
.46 
.63 
.99 
1.80 
1.99 
.80 
.30 
1.34 
.50 
3.55 
2.73 
1.18 
.73 
.75 
1.36 


.20 
3.61 
.10 
.19 
L28 



3.50 
3.10 

.80 
2.37 
2.29 

.79 
1.69 
1.14 
2.74 
2.62 
4.32 
3.03 

.25 
1.75 

.56 
2.87 

.92 
1.14 
T. 
8.46 
1.06 

.38 
2.03 
2.20 



1.57 
3.12 



5.80 
8.20 

.90 
2.30 
9.10 
3.25 
1.94 
3.29 

.13 
1.54 
2.05 

.a5 

.20 
6.60 
6.09 
3.40 
1.77 
1.06 
6.81 
3.74 
4.25 
2.40 
3.28 
3.78 
1.00 
2.76 
2.64 



12.00 
3.50 
2.50 

12.71 
1.23 
1.16 
2.22 
1.51 
2.10 
3.57 
9.36 

3.90 
3.10 
10.00 
3.44 
2.52 
1.14 
2.09 
5.78 
3.31 
3.28 
2.81 
7.45 
.50 
.79 
2.60 



4.80 
.40 
.40 
5.40 
3.26 
3.97 
1.66 
1.08 
.07 
.32 
3.30 
4 65 
2.63 
3.80 
6.00 
2.82 



1.82 
2.16 
4.85 
1.81 
.20 
3.97 
3.98 
1.20 
2.92 



6.70 
4.00 
2.36 
3.21 
3.21 
1.32 
.60 
1.05 
2.15 



1.50 
1.46 
.77 
.72 
.04 
1.48 
.97 
3.28 
7.31 
3.97 
3.83 



l.< 



1.30 

.60 
1.55 
1.41 



.77 
2.06 
L12 

.45 

.53 
2.14 
1.05 
1.00 
5.60 
3.02 
1.72 
1.56 

.68 
3.45 
2.20 
1.96 

.16 




2.40 
.70 

2.87 
.97 

1.82 
.78 



1.40 
1.38 

.84 
.64 
1.30 
.40 
1.99 
L44 
L47 
1.50 

L07 
L57 
L57 
1.66 



0.60 
4.10 
.20 
1.36 
.16 
.06 
.10 
1.06 
1.00 



.78 



2.73 
L46 
.01 



0.10 
.35 

.70 





.14 

.05 





.10 

.25 

.15 

.72 

.32 

.16 



.67 

L38 
.41 
.18 
.34 

.05 

L55 
.15 
.50 



1.40 



.05 
.02 



37.20 
30.25 
10.41 
32.89 
20.65 
13.80 
13.04 
12.24 
10.88 
12.59 
34.47 
14.72 
11.98 
28.43 
30.57 
20.68 
12.69 
14.32 
20.93 
27.33 
20.85 
15.62 
19.64 
27.40 
18.44 
12.81 
19.17 



27-yearmean 20.13 



LTPPINCOTT.] 



EAINFALL TABLES. 



441 



Record of precipitation at Jolon, Monterey County. 

[Latitude, 36° 00'; longitude, 121° 15'; elevation, 960 feet. Authority, F. T. Tidball.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1882-83 

1883-84 

1884-85 

1885-86 

1886-87 

1887-88 

1888-89 

1889-90 

lS90-91-_ 

1891-92 

1892-93 

1893-94 

lb94-95.. 

1 95-96 

1 96-97.. 

1 97-98 

1898-99.. 

1899-1900 

1900-1901 

1901-2 


0.50 









.21 

.60 



.90 

T. 




1.20 

.03 

.03 

.15 

.30 





.05 


0.25 
.60 

2.60 
.10 
.35 
.21 


7.38 


(.14) 
.23 
T. 
.75- 

1.80 
.75 
.43 
.16 

2.10 

2.00 

1.16 


2.05 


.60 
13.15 
.48 
.94 
5.64 
4.09 
.57 
.03 
6.40 
.15 
.30 
.96 
3.20 
.12 
.24 
1.50 
7.53 
1.69 


2.75 
1.00 
4.09 
2.42 

.61 
4.42 
4.48 
11.42 
2.25 
2.99 
6.61 
2.31 
8.30 

.50 
2.11 

.46 

.40 
2.30 

.53 




1.25 
5.75 
2.31 
8.51 

.57 
5.64 
1.23 
6.58 

.55 

.84 
3.83 
1.48 
6.16 
8.14 
4.61 

.85 
4.55 
3.03 
4.84 

.99 


0.85 

7.56 

T. 

.86 

8.52 

.16 

1.40 

4.59 

8.75 

1.78 

3.29 

.68 

.32 

.03 

2.50 

2.10 

.13 

.11 

6.21 

6.49 


5.05 
9.02 
T. 
2.37 

.38 
4.81 
9.65 
2.50 

.89 
2.31 
5.30 

.46 
1.68 
2.61 
3.54 

.60 
4.31 
1.00 
2.58 
3.03 


0.75 
3.a5 
2.15 
4.01 
1.11 



.59 
05 

.94 

.32 
1.35 

.22 

.85 
3.62 



.07 
1.74 

.68 
2.10 
1.28 


2.45 
.50 



.40 
.37 

1.12 
.30 
.02 

2.25 
.22 

1.35 
.02 
.09 


.52 
.17 

1.18 
.33 
.08 



0.60 




T. 

.01 





T. 

T. . 



.52 





.08 

T. 

T. 


















T. 




(.00) 




0.05 



.10 







T. 

T. 





0.25 











.03 
(.00) 





.05 



.08 

.03 












15.90 
28.63 
11.75 
31.42 
12.42 
16.77 
24.74 
36.94 
14.97 
10.66 
27.23 

7.27 
19.58 
17.96 
16.85 

5.30 
12.00 
11.90 
26.12 
14.77 


20-year mean 
























18.16 





























Record of precipitation at Matthews Ranch, near King City, Monterey County. 
[Latitude, 36° 15'; longitude, 121° 00'; elevation, 333 feet. Authority, J. L. Matthews.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1901-2 






1.37 


0.10 


0.71 


3.74 


2.38 


0.81 










9.11 



















[Latitude, 



Record of precipitation at Priests Valley, Monterey County. 

B6° 12'; longitude, 120° 45'; elevation, 2,250 feet. Authority, A. J. Myers and Mrs. 
Martin Griffin, Soledad.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total 


1898-99.- 

1899-1900 

1900-1901 

1901-2 


0.13 





0.17 
3.61 
2.50 
2.57 


0.36 
1.82 
7.98 
2.08 


0.34 
2.81 
.64 
.66 


4.01 
2.53 

6,27 

.70 




0.16 
9.51 
5.42 


5.30 
2.37 

.80 
3.60 


1.33 
1.17 
2.44 
1.84 


0.52 

L23 

1.59 

.24 


















. 




12.16 
15. 70 
31.13 
17.11 


4-year mean 


























19.18 































442 



OALIFOENIA HYDROGRAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



Record of precipitation at Salinas City, Monterey County. 
[Latitude, 36° 41'; longitude, 121° 36'; elevation, 45 feet. Authority, Dr. E. K. Abbott.] 



Sept. Oct. Nov 



May. June. July. Aug. Total. 



1871-T2... 
1872-73... 
1873-74... 
1874-75... 
1875-76... 
1876-77... 
1877-78... 
1878-79..., 
1879-80... 
1880-81... 
1881-82..-. 
188^83-... 
1883-84..., 
1884-85-... 
1885-86-... 
1886-87. _.. 
1887-88-.-. 
1888-89---. 



■"I 



1890-91-. 
1891-92- . 
1892-93. . 
1893-94.. 
1894-95. . 
1895-96.. 
189&-97. . 
1897-98.. 



1899-1900.. 
1900-1901.. 

1901-2 

30-year mean 



0.01 
.10 



.05 


.05 


.10 
.38 
.19 
.11 
.02 


.71 
.56 



.12 
.08 


1.16 


.02 
JyQ 
.17 






0.10 
1.83 


1.04 

.12 

.60 
1.05 



.28 
1.43 
1.19 
1.79 



.17 
.66 
.33 
.87 
.56 

1.01 
.78 
.38 

2.65 
.69 
.50 





0.20 
1.42 
5.17 
.05 
1.00 
.20 
1.08 
.57 
.67 
.65 
.25 



1.64 

2.41 

.44 

.30 

4.09 

.66 

.41 

.79 

3.08 

.97 

.34 

2.96 

5.65 

1.27 



6.80 
4.25 


1.98 


2.39 

.35 
2.28 
5.56 
1.24 
1.95 

.90 
4.48 
1.30 

.72 
2.16 
2.20 
8.90 
2.05 
4.66 
2.13 
1.5') 
5.35 

.83 
2.03 

.96 
1.18 
1.80 

.71 

.20 



3.40 
3.42 
4.50 
6.16 
2.54 
7.05 
2.42 
1.65 
3.33 
1.78 

.91 
1.71 
1.09 
5.10 

.75 
4.15 

.64 
5.99 

.59 

.44 
1.07 
5.17 
5.10 



.84 
1.01 



2.40 



.15 
3.55 

.16 
8.77 
2.81 
1.16 
3.32 
2.31 

.95 
4.49 

.05 
1.47 
4.73 

.53 
1.65 
3.05 
4.40 
1.57 
2.91 
3.36 
1.41 

.22 
3.34 
1.66 

.50 

.77 
5.44 
3.50 



0.80 
2.15 

.69 
4.53 

.30 
2.57 
1.85 
1.64 



2.26 
5.09 

.19 
2.16 

.54 
3.28 
3.31 
1.79 

.43 
2.78 
5.14 

.82 
2.07 
1.68 
4.51 
1.06 
4.11 
1.00 

.50 
2.58 




0.95 





.10 
1.93 

3.90 
.66 
1.01 
1.28 
3.05 
1.21 
3.83 
1.63 


.95 
.60 
2.53 
.85 
.91 
.53 
.94 
2.64 
.11 
.33 

1.41 
1,48 

.87 








0.01 

.40 



.83 

.46 



.49 
1.98 

.73 

.12 



,07 









0.15 


.38 
.19 















0.18 












.42 









aO 

13.41 

11.17 

8.59 
21. 49 

4.64 
23.83 
10.94 
13.23 
14.07 
12.93 
11.79 
20.43 

9.30 
20.56 

9.88 
13. 70 
11.63 
27.59 
11.06 
11.54 
18.99 
14.20 
17.76 
13.24 
14.93 

8.50 
10.55 
11.68 
16.51 
10.58 
13.86 



rt Year incomplete. 
Record of precipitation at San Ardo, Monterey County. 



[Latitude, 36° 09'; 


longitude, 131° 10'; elevation, 452 feet. Authority, Pacific Railway System.] 


Year. 


Sept 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1886-87 

1887-88 

1888-89 

188^90 

1890-91 

1891-92.. 

189^93.. 

1893-94 

1894-95 

1895-96 

1896-97 

1897-98 

1898-99 

1899-1900 

1900-1901.. „. 
1901-2 



0.14 




1.10 

.14 





.65 







T. 



T. 

.05 



0.37 


4.74 





.15 



.35 
1.48 

.45 

.78 

,13 
1.65 

.88 

.94 


35 
.32 
3.24 
3.96 
.11 


1.80 
.31 
.03 
2.86 
2.73 
,05 
.30 
.96 
4.30 
1.49 


0.17 
2.07 
3.31 
7.16 
1.41 
1.57 
3.40 
1.06 
4.43 

.30 
1.54 

.43 

.15 
1.09 

.08 




0.58 

3.44 

.83 

3.36 

.43 

.58 

1.55 

1.18 

3.98 

5.10 

.89 

.38 

3.24 

1.68 

3.89 

.66 


5.58 
.28 
.80 

3.59 

3.99 
.48 

1.31 
.34 
.23 


1.18 
.89 
.03 
.15 

4.17 

4.39 


0.17 
3.91 
6.16 
.99 
.76 
1.37 
3.94 
.13 
.94 
3.11 
3.19 

.ro 

2.81 
1.15 
.51 
2.30 


0.76 
.11 
.49 


1.04 
.08 
.62 
.10 
.41 

2.27 
.06 


.84 
.39 
.67 
.74 


0.05 
.37 
.37 
.43 
.03 

1.61 
.15 
.68 
.03 
.35 


.43 
T. 
.66 

L20 
T. 


0.36 













.15 









T. 
T. 




















T. 









0.04 











.33 

.02 

T. 
T. 








7.92 
9.91 
14.10 
33.37 
8.87 
5.83 
12. 92 
3.85 
10.93 
14.59 
9.06 
3.65 
7.40 
7.73 
1.5.70 
10.37 


IB-year mean 


























10.38 



























LlPPINdOTT.] 



RAINFALL TABLES. 



443 



Record of 2)recipitaii07i at Boca, Nevada County. 
[Latitude, H9° •^4'; longitude, 1:^0'^ (16'; elevation, 5,531 feet. Authority, Pacific Railway System.] 



1869- ro 

1870-71 

1871-72 

1872-73 

1873-74 

1874-75 

1875-76 

1876-77 

1877-78 

1878-79 

1879-80 

1880-81 

1881-82 

1882-83 

1883-84 

1884-85 

1885-86 

1886-87 

1887-88 

1888-89 

1889-90 

1890-91 

1891-92 

1892-93 

1893-94 

1894-95 



Sept. 



1896-97.. 

1897-98. .! T 

1898-99.-.. 
1899-1900. . 
1900-1901.- 
1901-2 



32-year mean 



Oct. Nov. 



0.80 







2.15 

T. 

.25 


.99 

.20 


.10 

.80 
2.45 

.80 



.70 




1.50 

.70 


1.50 

.25 

.61 

.11 


2.10 
1.28 
4.42 
3.04 



0.04 
.60 
.20 


3.70 
1.56 
.02 
1.50 
1.60 
.98 


1.20 
.%) 
.50 


2.40 
.70 
.30 
.95 
4.55 


.25 
8.a5 
2.42 
.50 
.01 
2.47 
2.80 
1,84 
2.59 
5. 73 
1.15 



1.10 
7.30 
3.60 
4.30 

.60 
1.65 



.30 



4.18 
3. 74 
l.(Ki 

.m 

.60 
8.20 
2.98 

.70 
3.74 
1.45 
19.85 
3.65 

8.;w 

6.95 
3.70 
11.80 
1.52 
1.80 
2.72 
1.58 
4.53 
4.58 
3.77 



Jan. Feb. 



2.50 

3.00 

1.80 

4.70 

6.30 

8.10 

5.22 

3.94 j 

5.47 i 

I 

' 
3.90 I 
1.15 I 
4 60 ] 
l.(M) 

s. a5 

2.40 
4.18 
4.18 
14.60 
1.25 
.70 
4.55 
5. 10 
8.36 
7.75 
2.:iO 
1.55 
6.80 
1.57 
7.17 



3.85 
2.32 

.90 
4.10 
2 40 
.0 
3.60 



6.74 
2.92 
3.00 



3.60 
2. 20 
6.30 

.10 

.85 
12.70 
1.00 
3. 63 
5. 40 
11. 80 

3.:^ 

8.90 
7.55 
1.20 

.50_ 
6.:35' 
2.90 
1.85 

.60 
6.76 
2.50 



Mar. 



1.82 

1.60 

10 

.10 
6.20 

.65 
4.72 

.46 

.86 
4.80 
2.90 

.12 
10 20 
1 70 
5.10 

.10 
4.40 



2. 40 
1.15 
5.45 
2.50 
1.70 
4.00 

.45 
6.30 
8.a5 
2.50 
7.95 
3.52 
2.24 
2.70 



Apr. 



0.81 

.45 

1.50 

.10 

.80 

.60 

.70 

.95 

1.30 

3.08 

6.95 



I.IJO 
.90 
1.9<J 
1.50 
1.30 
1.80 
.10 
.10 
1.50 
1. 70 
2. 70 
1.90 
l.(X> 
.70 
6.65 
10 
1.30 
.85 
4.27 
2.04 
T. 



May 



June. July. 



.50 
T. 
.51 

3.90 
.70 
.84 

3.10 

i.a5 
.;33 

.90 
3.10 

.50 

.85 
2.40 
1.10 
1.86 

T. 



0.26 
.10 






.40 



.10 
,13 



1 40 

.m 



.26 

.10 



.26 

.26 

.70 

(I 

T 

T 

.25 

.40 
1.00 

.10 
2.67 







0.12 
2 00 



Aug. Total. 



.05 
T 
T. 
.18 
,50 


.98, 

1.22 

-08 





>i 7 41 
10.91 
13 50 

9.65 
lO. 60 
14.50 
20.66 

7.37 
14.85 
18.48 
18.96 

3.86 
21.14 
10.05 
23.29 
12.00 
20.93 
19.51 
12.92 
15.48 
53 95 
22.85 
21.40 
37.55 
21.65 
24.52 
28.49 
^3.02 
17.72 
25.64 
26.49 
34.16 
12. 72 



19. 93 



(I Year incomplete. 



444 



CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



Record of precipitation at Boimnan^s dam, Nevada County. 

[Latitude, 39'=' 27'; longitude, 120° 39'; elevation, 5,400 feet. Authority, H. C. Perkins and W. H. 

Radford.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


0,:t 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr, 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1871-72 

187^73 

1873-74.. 

1874-75 

1875-76 

1876-77 

1877-78 

1878-79..^.... 

1879-80 

1880-81 

1881-82 

1882-83.. 

1883-84 

1884-85 - 

1885-86 

1886-87.. 

1887 -88 



25 







.41 








2.33 
2.94 
2.45 
1.08 
1.26 






0.98 

.73 
1.24 
4.54 
3.09 
10.76 
1.52 
2.83 
3 41 


6 09 
11.47 
.5.03 
3.04 


2.25 




7.88 
5.43 
4.37 
15. a5 
23.43 
.53 
8.26 
5.36 
9.62 
.65 
4.25 
6.51 
2.46 

24.96 
1.76 
1.25 


38.20 
17.41 
23.47 

1.58 

10.77 



1.71 

i.ai 

15.00 
25.05 
10. 78 
4.32 
5.20 
46.57 
8.66 
6.95 
8.97 


12.98 

5.73 
21.53 
16.91 
17.62 
14.33 
17.00 
14.50 

9,27 
27.82 
11.46 

5.06 
13.50 

4.49 
17.84 

7.46 


27.08 
16.17 

9.98 

.25 

11.70 

3.18 
21.21 
14.28 

8.17 
15.08 

7.47 

5.28 
19.45 

3.74 

2.99 
21.60 


7.52 

3.82 
17.73 

5.18 
18.01 

7.49 
10.07 
20.97 

9.51 

7.29 
15.17 
12.79 
18.02 
.80 

7.24 

2.27 


4.57 
3.20 
5.47 
.83 
5.92 
3.17 
2.57 
9.57 

31.72 
4.44 
7.96 
5.15 

12.44 
6.41 

13.22 
5.81 


1.09 
2.65 
3.93 
2.85 

.99 
3.33 
2.06 
3.93 
8.90 
1.22 
1.16 


2.01 
1.57 
3.20 
1.93 


1.04 



.45 
2.38 

.36 
1.17 

.10 

.71 








3.53 
2.64 



.76 


0.88 

.06 



.25 
1.28 



.09 

.05 




















0.08 




.13 
.10 










102.22 
55.45 
88.25 
50.12 
93.17 
44.37 
64.72 
73.60 
95.60 
8L55 
66.67 
53.52 
84.09 
70.34 
79.37 
50.79 

a 10. 22 


1894-95 




8.77 
1.92 
18.31 
12.23 
2.54 
4.44 
18.79 
21.08 


9.65 
14.95 
18.91 

2.63 
26.31 
10.77 

4.67 

9.26 


18.45 
2.85 
2.10 
L73 
6.62 
5.99 
5.96 


9.15 
8.98 
.92 
3.95 
4.80 
2.67 
1.73 
2.76 




.11 
4.04 
2.12 
1.04 

.40 

T. 

.46 


T. 

.09 







.02 

T. 

.09 


.37 
1.00 

T. 


1.15 



.05 
T. 


a 27. 94 


1895-96 

1896-97.. 

1897-98 

1898-99 

1899-19(IC» 

1900-1901 

1901-2-. 


10. 12 
2.05 
.61 
.55 

1.38 
4 12 


.45 

2.83 
4.74 
2.64 
16.27 
12.98 
4.28 


2.81 
19 40 

5.35 

7.51 
12.53 
11.47 

7.54 


11.20 
10.31 
5.31 
3.22 
15.72 
8.15 
8.01 


29.85 
4.88 
3.01 

14.11 
9.60 

14.30 
2.40 


99.93 
84.50 
42.05 
65.60 
79.04 
79.51 
65.96 




























72.63 












1 

















a Year incomplete. 



L.IPPINCOTT.] 



EAINFALL TABLES. 



445 



Record of precipitation at Grass Valley, Nevada County. 

[Latitude, 39° 13'; longitude, 121° 4'; elevation, 2,090 feet. Authority, Mr. Lontzenhuser and 

B. F. Berriman.] 



Sept. 



Apr. 



May. 



July, 



Aug. 



1872-73. . 
1873-74.. 
1874^75- . 
1875-76. . 
1876-77. . 
1877-78. . 
1878-79.. 
1879-80. . 
1880-^1.. 
1881-82. . 
1882-83-. 
1883-84. . 
1884-85. . 



1887-88.. 



1889-90. . 
1890-91.. 
1891-92. . 
1892-93.. 
1893-94.. 
1894-95. . 








0.06 



.68 




1.25 
1.88 
1.44 

.98 
2.65 



.26 

.55 


1.95 

.21 

.23 
L64 
1.01 
3.87 
1.53 

.51 

.61 






0.83 
2.95 

.97 
8.72 
L21 
2.09 
2.79 

.04 
3.71 
7.88 
3.03 
3.30 


L66 




12.49 


1.00 
2.72 
L49 
4.91 

.02 
1.72 
3.07 
2.08 
10.33 





2.99 

15.91 

16.99 

.62 

3.78 

2.54 

6.54 

.30 

3.52 

4.78 

1.48 

.05 

19.27 

.67 

1.38 

4.29 

8.76 



1.76 
13.44 
8.77 
1.38 
L17 
13.65 
4.56 
4.31 
11.58 



13.13 

19.01 
L08 
7.44 

1.74 
.75 
8.86 

22.69 
8.31 
2.83 
2.31 

28.39 
6.36 
5.46 
6.85 
8.70 

21.08 
5.51 

10.26 

1L22 
5.55 

16.55 
7.27 
5.78 
3.97 
2.73 

11.35 



4.01 
13.71 
15.56 
12.01 
10.18 
15.74 
10.72 
6.40 
19.20 
6.03 
3.05 
7.80 
3.65 
12.40 
3.38 
11.81 
.64 
18.64 
1.54 
4.70 
7.31 
11.24 
22.26 
20.34 
3.65 
1.44 
10.76 



1.39 
10.75 
2.44 
17.76 
1L51 
4.83 
8.50 
6.30 
2.97 
10.27 
1.76 
L43 
15.72 
2.59 
1.08 
10.02 
13. 70 
7.15 
6.83 
11.72 
6.18 
.93 
14.40 
8.36 
.47 
2.54 



L39 

n.7i 

4.14 
12.47 
4.79 
10.18 
18.07 
4.07 
3.33 
7.96 
9.25 
13.98 
.83 
4.83 
1.69 
5.22 
12.95 
13.69 
6.22 
6.61 
12.40 
2.96 
5.01 
6.94 
8.47 
.52 
19.60 
7.40 



2.32 
3.76 
.29 
2.80 
L14 
2.78 
7.08 
2.33 
L85 
5.27 
2.38 

10.98 
3.17 

1L38 
6.54 
.50 
3.87 
3.52 
2.98 
6.37 
5.80 
1.67 
3.38 

12.47 
2.25 
(.90) 
L70 
3.93 



2.56 
L05 
L18 
1.23 
L40 

.59 
3.08 
6.23 

.05 
1.18 
5.77 
1.00 

.16 
1.09 

.64 



3.10 
2.06 
6.49 
1.30 
3.46 
3.46 
4.87 
.10 
2.53 
3.72 
1.31 




0.10 

2.28 


.74 




1.50 




3.30 

.90 



.52 
2.26 

.40 

.02 
L27 




2.05 



.13 



yearmean _ 49.41 









0.08 















.03 
.24 
.13 
.03 
T. 
.43 
.03 



44.78 
65.31 
30.09 
53.78 
56.90 
42.14 
57.46 
43.43 
40.79 
54.59 
43.19 
59.41 
36.28 
31.33 
39.69 
91.32 
36.13 
44.55 
61.25 
50.58 
64.63 
58.16 
52.24 
27.13 
46.23 
56.05 



Record of precipitation at Malakoff mine, Nevada County. 
[Latitude, 39° 22'; longitude, 120° 50'; elevation, 8,200 feet. Authority, R. D.- Wheeler.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1886-87 

1887 88. 



0.64 


2.39 



0.80 
1.68 


5.32 
8.26 


5.06 
13.14 
34.40 
34.11 


18.13 
3.67 

7.28 
L36 


3.37- 


7.53 


0.89 


0.49 








42.86 
a 25. 39 


1894-95 


7.01 
10.30 


5.18 

17.78 


6.03 
6.61 



T. 


0.14 
.06 


0.41 
.15 


«50.45 


1895-96.. 

1896-97 


6.32 
L90 


.56 
2.33 


2.27 
17.42 


7.36 

7.02 


76.68 
a 28. 67 






















2-year mean. 


























59.77 





























a Year incomplete. 



446 



CALIFOKNIA HYDEOGRAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



Record of precipitation at Nevada City, Nevada County. 
[Latitude, 39° 16'; longitude, 131° 2'; elevation, 2,5()0 feet. Authority, J. S. Brown.] 



Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. 'June. July. Atig. Total. 






-0.59 


1.91 

.34 

.15 













.41 



.69 




1.38 
3.22 
1.28 
1.87 
1.62 



.71 

.06 



2.04 

.04 

.26 

1.71 

1.21 

3.36 

1.55 

.60 

.37 



.55 
3.36 






2.03 


3.63 

.43 

.50 
3.82 

.79 

.55 

.67 
3.06 
1.75 
9.85 
1.35 
2.32 
3.15 

.06 
3.03 
7.65 
3.60 
3.61 









13.05 

.04 

.90 

.95 

1.25 

4.83 


2.18 
3.36 
1.96 
10.24 
5.52 
4.16 



1.00 
17.05 
14.29 
9.61 
16.11 
1.49 
4.67 
4.32 
5.00 
4.05 
1.35 
15.08 
16.56 
1.04 
4.31 
2.88 
5.50 
.28 
2.53 
5.34 
1.62 

31.55 



1.70 
4.69 
8.55 
.04 
1.42 

13. 87 
7.78 
1.38 
1.87 

12.63 
4.38 
3.49 

10.85 
9.22 
5.45 



3.50 
17.42 

1.95 
32.70 
41.95 
10.62 

6.29 

5.32 
27.31 
12.25 
24.27 
.90 

5.90 


2.65 
.96 

8.76 
24.78 

9.14 

3.87 

2.84 
27.92 

6.77 



7.53 

8. 44 

24.50 
6.38 
9.56 

14.19 
5.23 

30.61 
6.14 
6.46 
3.17 
2.37 

10. 37 
4.(M) 
5.35 



0.90 

9.71 
15.47 
14.21 
11.01 
16.85 

9.23 
11.08 
18.16 

2.82 
11.16 
16.57 
13.47 
10.26 
17.62. 
11.62 

6.67 
18.88 

7.29 



4.39 
13.66 
3.51 
11.32 

T 
24.05 
2.18 
6.48 
8.02 
11.71 
22.87 
19.61 
4.38 
1.92 
9.12 
7.81 
11.53 
1.91 



0.50 
4.38 
5.60 
10.00 
6.36 
12.62 
14.48 
6.26 
16.67 
12.40 
7.32 
2.11 
12.41 
3.45 
16.61 
10.97 
5.48 
6.26 
5.42 
3.06 
12.01 

1.54 
12.64 

3.52 

3.59 
10.07 
18.66 

6.04 

8.29 
10.85 

5.53 

.99 

13.63 

9.91 
.49 

2.36 
13.12 
18.28 



38-year mean _ _ 54. 



5.38 
2.09 

14.24 
6.23 

33.30 
6.96 
7.58 
5.41 
5.28 
1.96 

12.30 
3.97 

13.88 
4.18 

10.05 

19.28 
5.09 
4.44 
9.21 

14.37 

14.70 
.53 
6.93 
4.80 
7.14 

14.68 

13.40 
3.64 
7.37 

13. 75 
3.26 
5. 12 
7.39 
9.13 
.87 

15.88 
7.51 
2.35 
5.02 



3.25 

1.75 



7.23 
5.72 
4.70 
5.55 
3.76 
2.47 
4.51 
.27 
2.17 
1.43 
3.80 
5.90 
22.54 
1.70 



12.07 
3.23 

12.49 
7.24 
.68 
5.20 
3.11 
2.93 
7.17 
6.23 
3.17 
3.83 

13.63 
3.08 
.95 
1.52 
4.83 
5.59 
4.66 



2.75 
1.31 
4.50 
1.93 
1.50 
1.62 

.65 
3.26 

.17 
2.20 
1.32 
1.56 
1.53 
1.97 
1.05 
3.83 
5.58 



.52 
6.92 
1.67 

.21 
1.23 

.70 

.42 
7.63 
3.35 
1.93 
5.80 
1.33 
3.54 
3.43 
4.88 

.32 
2.73 
2.61 
1.90 
1.39 
1.47 







3.27 
.04 



1.08 



.11 
3.43 



.72 



.43 

.15 
1.47 




2.47 
1.36 



.37 
2.40 

.58 

.01 

.73 

.20 


1.&5 



T. 

.83 
1.27 

.91 

.03 



.24 








0.03 







.71 







.07 







"Year incomplete. 
-Record from January, 1887, to February, 1893, inclusi\!;e, from J. F. Colley. 



LIPPINCOTT.] 



RAINFALL TABLES. 



447 



Record of precijntation at North Bloomfield, Nevada County. 

[Latitude, 39° 33'; longitude, 130° 54'; elevation, 3,160 feet. Authority, H. C. Perkins and W. H. 

Eadford.J 



Year, 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1870-71 

1871-72 

1872-73-- 

1873-74 

1874-75 

1875-76 

1876-77 

1877-78-- 

1878-79 

1879-80 

1880-81-. 

1881-83 

1882-83- 

1883-84 

1884-85- _ 

1885-86-- 

1896-97 

1897-98 

1898-99.- 

1899-1900 

1900-1901 

1901-3 





0.16 



.06 



.31 








1.75 
3.74 
1.79 
1.98 
2.55 
1.90 

.58 


.95 
4.51 


1.61 
.83 
.53 
.67 
4.88 
2.09 
10.46 
LIO 
3.34 
3.03 


3.86 
6.86 
3.66 
3.43 
- 
2.33 
5.05 
2.87 
14.53 
8.33 
3.98 


3.34 
6.30 
4.47 
3.37 
13.53 
15.53 
.85 
4.22 
3.73 
6.43 
•.41 
4.05 
5.72 
1.48 

30.33 
17.43 
6.13 
5.66 
13.33 
10.99 
4.68 


4.31 
25.19 
1L77 
19.00 
1.31 
7.64 


L96 
L18 
13.57 
21.10 
8.73 
3.59 
2.84 
37.31 
7.98 
7.03 
5.41 
4.10 
13.09 
4.95 
5.87 


7.54 

13. 71 
4.16 

15.17 
.15 

10.98 
9.98 

15.73 

10.00 
5.96 

19.46 
8.03 
3.69 
9.31 
3.65 

13.49 
5.06 
2.38 

10.88 
9.33 
7.73 
1.60 


5.94 
18.22 
11.09 
7.08 
.88 
10.20 
3.89 
16.97 
9.49 
5.68 
13.13 
6.77 
3.94 
10.02 
1.91 
1.78 
16.57 
13.03 
1.01 
5.20 
13. 46 
18.04 


5.03 
5.73 
2.50 

n.i6 

3.56 
13.02 
4.93 
9.23 
16.63 
5.45 
4.92 
10.02 
10.45 
15.65 
.79 
3.18 
11.16 
.79 
18.34 
9.64 
3.97 
6.40 


4.36 
3.84 
3.40 
4.04 
.30 
4.03 
3.07 
3.44 
6.69 

33.31 
2.59 
5.39 
3.39 

10.31 
3.62 

12.36 
3.70 
1.18 
1.98 
6.82 
6.37 
5.39 


3.36 
1.39 
L57 
1.78 
3.68 
1.06 
2.66 
.95 
3.84 
5.63 

i.as 

1.82 


2.66 

.71 
1.15 

.20 
4.47 
3.91 
2.44 
1.73 
1.70 


0.12 

.41 



.25 

.63 

.01 

.91 



.64 


1.57 




4.03 
2.14 


1.45 
1.70 

.65 

T 



.19 





0.10 




1.76 























T 



.01 

T 

.09 





0.03 


.01 



.24 








.11 
T 
.67 


T. 
.04 


a5.51 
74.52 
38.75 
62.54 
37.87 
66.33 
36.05 
52.59 
55.76 
69.04 
63.51 
50.41 
40.38 
6L65 
55.44 
61.63 
66.93 
40.60 
50.55 
74.37 
57.37 
53.39 


33-year mean 


























54.38 































'448 



CALIFORNIA HYDE0(3^RAPHY. 



Record of precipitation at Truckee, Nevada County. 
[Latitude, 39° 19'; longitude, 120° 01'; elevation, 5,820 feet. Authority, Pacific Eailway System.] 



Sept. 



Apr. 



May. 



July. 



Aug. Total. 



1870-71 





1871-72-. 


0.20 


1872-73 





1873-74.. 





187^75 


.04 


1875-76 


T. 


1876-77. 


.03 


1877-78. 


.04 


1878-79 


.23 


1879-80 


.07 


1880-81.. 





1881-82. 


.25 


1882-83. 





1883-84 


.28 


1884-85 


.78 


1885-86.. 


.47 


1886-87 


T. 


1887-88 





1888-89.. 


.28 


1889-90 





1890-91 


.80 


1891-92 


.98 


1892-93 


,29 


1893-94.. 


1.22 


1894-95 


.13 


1895-96 


1.32 


1896-97.. 


.32 


1897-98 


T. 


1898-99 


.40 


1899-1900 





1900-1901 





1901-2. 


.50 





0.02 
.40 
.11 

2.44 
.62 

3.64 

.75 

1.40 


2.50 
.85 

2.46 

1.50 


.85 



3.13 
.45 
.05 
.37 
.35 

1.12 
.34 
.40 
.55 
.06 

6.49 

1.02 

2.78 



0.51 
5.35 

.60 

.42 
3.54 
8.94 

.07 
166 
2.14 
3.78 

.45 
2.70 
104 
2.50 



6.95 
1.10 

.30 
2.38 
3.29 



.45 
5.73 
3.96 

.60 

.50 
3.86 
3.20 
2.95 
2.80 
2.50 
3.63 



167 
16.23 
3.74 
8.70 
.60 
4.90 
.05 
.24 
.50 
4.98 
9.51 
3.80 
.80 
162 
13.14 
2.22 
2.29 
4.80 
158 
2.51 
3.70 
6.34 
8.15 
2.82 
13.95 
2.96 
2.50 
3.15 
150 
1.80 
2.70 
1.55 



4.80 
3.42 
3.78 
9.54 
8.50 
9.85 
9.45 
5.97 
7.70 
2.95 
5.71 
6.40 
1.55 
6.65 
1.80 
7.08 
3.43 
2.35 
. .80 
16.20 
1.22 
2.65 
5.44 
8.06 
1113 
7.07 
2.35 
105 
7.80 
2.63 
5.00 
1.10 



6.18 
4.23 
10.49 
9.55 
6.15 

.20 
5.50 

.39 
1180 
2.68 
4.65 
2.13 
4.95 
3.05 
11.20 

.54 

.50 
12.25 



1.40 
8.90 
8.36 
'2.80 
8.02 
10.95 
192 

.40 
7.97 
3.65 
2.70 

.80 
7.97 
3.30 



3.18 
3.63 
169 
9.35 
1.20 
6.95 
1.84 
2.07 
5.25 
4.65 
1.86 
12.05 
165 
5.38 

.56 
2.90 

.36 



2.51 
7.29 
3.92 
3.00 
5.18 
2.65 
172 



2.05 
9.50 
4.20 
2.50 
5.60 



0.12 
2.00 
4.11 
136 
2.61 

.90 
183 
1.03 

.80 
1.55 
12.74 

.49 
189 
2.19 
3.90 
2.04 
178 
2.00 

T. 
101 

.45 
2.17 
2.96 
3.73 
2.15 

.50 
9.36 

.30 

.25 
110 
1.90 
180 
1.28 



.55 

.68 



.84 
112 
117 

.45 
2.50 

.40 

.85 
1.13 

.14 



2.04 
.70 
4.51 
144 
2.90 
4.20 
179 
1.05 
2.40 
.54 
T. 
.30 
.75 
.80 
.70 
.55 



0.80 
.35 
.30 

.11 

181 
.01 
.36 
.10 






1.02 



.56 

.37 

.80 





.46 

.95 



T. 





.18 




101 













.34 



.92 





110 



'15.15 
17.02 
44.35 
2167 
38.30 
19.66 
39.52 
17.98 
24.13 
2125 
37.88 
21.99 
36.97 
12.79 
35.25 
20.69 
23.95 
25.09 
9.87 
14.47 
43.43 
23.98 
24.38 
38.70 
33.21 
33.47 
27.65 
20.72 
14.20 
27.68 
22.43 
24.19 
21.84 



32-year mean 



26.21 



« Year incomplete. 
Note.— During July, 1902, there was also 3 feet of snow at Truckee. 

Record of precipitation at Alta, Placer County. 



[Latitude, 39 


^ 13'; lon^dtude, 120 


° 49'; elevation, 3,612 feet. 


Authority, Pacific 


Railway System.] 


Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1869-70 










13.75 
5.45 
13.85 
10.00 
7.17 
.01 
4.72 
2.35 
14.80 
13.10 
4.90 
11.80 
6.40 
160 
8.60 
.60 


6.56 
7.0D 
.45 
.95 
3.76 
3.40 
9.08 
6.10 
11.65 
24.30 
3.10 
3.50 
15. 40 
9.06 
7.00 
.10 


3.73 
3.50 

.38 
3.03 
5.75 

.40 
1.07 
2.60 
2.50 
7.73 
1160 

.50 
3.20 
3.43 
5.20 
2.48 


132 
150 




1.27 

.12 
180 
2.61 

.33 
2.45 
2.90 


1.15 
6.07 

.50 




0.66 








2.00 



.80 









.80 


3.00 
100 






a 26. 02 


1870-71 

187172 

1872-73 

1873-74 

1874-75 

1875-76. 

1876-77 

1877-78 

1878-79.. 

1879-80 

1880-81 

1881-82 

1882-83 

1883-84 

1884-85 







0.40 









.60 




112 
2.70 

.60 

.12 





0.25 


3.92 

.02 
7.00 
1.70 
2.96 
1.50 


4.50 
7.65 
160 
100 


2.75 
T. 
.19 
.90 
12.86 
18.52 
.70 
3.90 
4.18 
9.53 
1.00 
5.60 
5.64 
2.05 



3.94 
6.50 
6.50 
15.59 
.09 
8 30 


1.00 
1.00 
10.02 
13.80 
13.60 
2.31 
3.10 
14.08 


5.21 
1125 
165 
12.66 
13.17 
7.70 
10.00 
9.10 
12.80 
2.70 
2100 
5.93 
4.08 
3.50 
150 







0.02 


























29.35 
32.43 
22.57 
47.50 
35.97 
51.23 
32.16 
44.98 
69.12 
46.25 
5160 
57.70 
42.54 
35.15 
a 20. 88 


14-year mean 
















1 








42.75 








....... 










.._.__ 









a Year incomplete. 



t-Alta ceased reporting after June, 1885. 



LIPPINCOTT.l 



RAINFALL TABLES. 



449 



Record of precipitation at Auburn, Placer County. 
[Latitude, 38° 53'; longitude, 121° 05'; elevation, 1,363 feet. Authority, Pacific Railway System.] 



Year. 



1869-70. . 
18T0-71.. 
1871-73. . 
1872-73. . 
1873-74. . 
1874-75.. 
1875-76.. 
1876-77.. 
1877-78.. 
1878-79.. 
1879-80.. 
1880-81. . 
1881-82. . 
1882-83.. 
1883-84. . 
1884^5.. 



1890-91-. 
1891-92.. 



1893-94. . 
1894-95.. 
1895-96.. 
1896-97. . 



1899-1900.. 
1900-1901.. 
1901-02.... 



Sept. 


















0.50 





.92 

.84 
1.70 

.56 

.64 


1.09 

.30 


2.63 



.15 

.70 

.67 
2.04 



.20 
.26 


.45 
2.39 



Oct. 




0.54 

.38 

.34 
1.57 

.85 
4.52 



2. as 


2.72 
5.19 
2.51 
2.25 



.89 




5.75 

.14 
1.33 
1.76 
1.11 
3.87 

.13 



1.75 
5.94 
4.50 
5.71 



Nov. 





2.80 
3.13 
1.25 
9.64 
11.39 

.65 
2.46 
1.53 
3.82 

.25 
3.01 
4.08 
1.00 


15.24 
1.26 
1.22 





.95 
6.13 
5.33 
7.09 
1.04 



Dec. 



0.46 

13. 55 
8.43 

11.97 
.82 
6.05 


1.55 
.91 
7.88 

13.91 
5.87 
L65 
2.52 

16.37 
4.05 
4.88 
4.90 
5.83 

11.94 
5.13 
7.36 
8.99 
3.88 

13.56 
3.39 



3.50 
2.75 

5.47 
2.01 
3.95 



Jan. 



3.74 
7.46 

10.00 
7.56 
6.94 

10.61 
6.34 
3.13 
9.61 
4.60 
2.86 
5.33 
1.74 
8.25 
2.04 
7.07 



4.00 
5.33 
6.96 
12.99 
11.88 
2.78 
1.13 
4.78 
5.47 
7.82 
1.70 



Feb. 



9.35 
7.44 
4.14 
.44 
5.62 
1.47 

10.19 
7.16 
4.90 
8.20 
4.99 
L06 
7.63 
1.27 


12.38 
1.40 
.52 
3.96 
6.80 
4.91 

■4.74 

9.89 

4.14 

.49 

11.40 
6.44 
.17 
2.11 
8.84 

12.72 



31-year mean 33.40 



Mar. 



3.92 
1.85 
3.59 
.53 
6.26 
2.73 

10.10 
2.14 
7.60 
8.78 
2.62 
2.43 
6.05 
5.19 

10.17 
.57 
4.10 
1.50 
3.25 
9.57 
8.08 
5.40 
5.96 
9.20 
L95 
3.09 
6.21 
8.05 
.32 

13.25 
3.69 



Apr. 



2.63 
3.57 
3.50 
1.22 
2.56 

.10 
1.97 

.72 
1.75 
5.94 
13.02 
1.38 
4.63 

.70 



1.36 
2.83 
2.23 
3.11 
3.71 
1.35 
3.38 
7.66 
1.51 
.49 
.51 
3.42 
4.83 
3.10 



May. 



.57 
.61 
.61 
1.53 
.98 
2.43 
3.85 


.53 

4.07 

.85 



.65 

.30 

.40 

4.65 

2.30 

.88 

4.55 

.78 

2.77 

L88 

2.42 

" .28 

2.36 

1.28 

2.19 

.88 

.80 



0.81 



.23 




1.82 



.27 



.46 


1.40 

.28 


1.23 

.70 




1.55 





.69 




1.38 



.43 

.17 

.97 
1.43 

T. 



.50 



July. 








0.41 


















T. 
T. 
.14 


T. 



T. 
T. 



Aug. 














0.21 





















T. 
(T.) 











T. 

.13 

.25 

T. 



.03 





!02 



Total. 



a5.12 
17.51 
40.00 
25.19 
34.55 
27.73 
44.77 
18.24 
36.18 
34.94 
4L55 
37.18 
33.60 
25. 64 
40.96 
25.56 
42.31 
27.59 
21.68 
26.75 
48.68 
34.78 
32.17 
40.79 
35.31 
50.80 
36.07 

124.19 



37. 29 
36.96 
40.55 



a Year incomplete. 



IRR 81 03- 



-29 



450 



CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



Record of precipitatio7i at Cisco, Placer County. 
[Latitude, 39° 19'; longitude, 120° 33'; elevation, 5,939 feet. Authority, Pacific Railway System.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1869-70 












13.46 
8.40 

12.55 

14.00 
7.00 
,45 

22.20 
.30 

11.85 

10.34 
7.10 

12.91 
8.50 
4.85 

12.00 
1.28 
2.40 

22.85 
2.72 
9.97 

14.90 

n.88 
7.61 
8.50 

18.65 


3.70 
2.40 
3.98 
L60 

14.00 
4.80 

17.20 
.53 
2.00 

16.42 
7.60 
6.10 

25.30 
9.25 

14.65 
2.20 
7.40 
.80 
6.10 
2.70 
8.70 
6.45 
8.55 
7.78 
5.30 


0.65 
3.05 
6.05 
1.60 
4.10 
.90 
.70 
2.87 
2.00 
5.50 

11.90 
4.81 
5.60 
3.50 

10.10 
3.95 
7.50 
3.95 
2.20 
L65 
1.50 
3.70 
6.30 

3.55 


0.40 
4.95 
L14 
1.50 
3.10 

.82 
1.20 
3.71 
4.00 
2.90 
3.90 



.91 
6.96 



.30 
1.45 

.40 
1.50 
8.10 
2.50 
2.25 
8.30 
1.60 
2.60 










T. 

■ 










0.04 
































«18.21 


1870-71 

1871-72 

1872-73 

1873-.74 

1874-75 

1875-76 

1876-77 

1877-78 

1878-79 

1879-80 

1880-81 

1881-82 

1882-83 

1883-84 

1884-85 

1885-86 

1886-87 

1887-88 

1888-89 

1889-90 

1890-91 

1891-92 

1892-93 

1893-94 

1894-95 



0.40 





.50 







.20 



.01 
2.16 

.83 


1.40 

.50 



.15 

.68 


3.11 

.21 

.30 



.10 


1.20 

.20 

.60 

.55 
2.70 
L75 
2.48 

.60 
1.45 
2.10 

.82 
2.93 
8.28 
1.50 
2.32 


1.45 



.15 
11.72 

.55 
1.00 

.95 



.90 


2.80 
6.20 
2.65 
1.35 
7.07 
8.55 
4.20 
4.52 
1.85 
8.17 

.62 
3.60 
3.75 
2.20 


17.05 
L05 
L60 
5.38 
9.54 



1.76 
12.60 
5.38 
1.50 


4.40 

24.89 
9.51 

14.40 
.50 
5.30 


1.30 
1.25 
8.92 

16.33 
8.76 
2.88 
2.70 

25.05 
4.87 
6.10 
8.80 
9.88 

25.57 
7.90 
2.83 

n.20 
8.80 

21.60 


6.40 
6.50 
5.60 
7.70 
8.40 

18.50 
7.20 
9.60 
9.30 
4.80 

33.46 

11.71 
.90 
8.40 
2.30 

14.75 
4.90 
9.75 
1.40 

23.90 
2.20 
5.10 
3.20 

16.45 


0.85 
L03 




2.05 

T. 

.80 



.30 

.03 
3.30 

.48 


3.45 

.95 




1.20 

.47 

.30 
3.75 
1.40 

T. 





0.53 







.03 







T. 




.20 





34.45 
63.47 
37.06 
52.20 
28.19 
75.40 
22.09 
35.87 
49.58 
54.52 
78.36 
69.95 
41.20 
55.00 
39.75 
55.92 
4L50 
34.02 
40.38 
97.63 
41.99 
43.06 
46.13 
60.73 
«24. 10 


1895-96 




















1896-97 










3.90 

3.80 
10.70 

8.40 
10.95 

1.54 


10.20 
5.60 
2.60 
6.43 
22.45 
14.17 


15.20 
1.30 

19.56 
9.56 
4.70 
5.40 


7.00 
9.00 
1.30 
4.85 
4.40 
1.80 












.50 





T. 


a 36. 30 


1897-98 

1898-99 

1899-1900 

1900-1901 

1901-02 


.49 
.83 


.33 
2.41 


2.48 
2.10 
12.83 

7.57 
3.27 


14.00 
4.80 
13.47 
10.43 
5.38 


.50 
1.10 
12.14 

7.50 
8.80 


3.40 
2.10 
1.53 
3.25 
.90 


1.10 
2.10 

.60 



.40 






.15 



T. 


42.67 
47.69 
70.96 
7L58 
44.07 


29-year mean 
























50 88 












1 

















«Year incomplete. 



L.IPPINCOTT.] 



RAINFALL TABLES. 



451 



[Latitude, 3 



Record of precipitation at Colfax, Placer County. 
; longitude, 130° 57'; elevation, 3,431 feet. Authority, Pacific Railway System.] 



Sept, 



Apr. 



May. 



June. 



July, 



Aug. Total. 



1869-70. . 
1870-71. . 
1871-73. . 
1873-73.. 
1873-74. . 
1874^75.. 
1875-76.. 
1876-77.. 
1877-78 . 
1878-79. . 
1879-80.. 
1880-81.. 
1881-S3. . 
1882-83.. 
1883-84. . 
1884-85. - 
1885-86. . 
1886-87.. 
1887-88.. 
1888-89. - 
1889-90. . 
1890-91.. 
1891-93.- 
1892-93.. 
1893-94. - 
1894-95. . 



1896-97.. 
1897-98-. 



1899-1900. . 
1900-1901.. 
1901-02.... 







T. 










0.56 




1.63 

.40 
1.08 

.80 

.63 



.68 

.25 


3.75 



.53 

.85 
1.00 
2.29 
1.64 

T. 

.36 


LOO 
3.95 



1.31 






3.36 




3.94 

T. 
1.38 
3.96 
3.97 
3.55 


1.96 

.84 

.10 
9.95 

T. 

.40 
2.30 
1.23 
5.75 


1.62 
3.86 
1.43 
9.63 
7.33 
4.45 



3.58 
4.25 
3.99 
3.27 
13.89 
14.84 
.62 
3.38 
2.08 
4.68 


3.40 
4.03 
1.34 
T. 
15. 48 
.46 
1.61 
3.28 
9.60 


1.06 
1.55 
9.32 


1.77 
14.39 
3.28 
4.46 
13.06 
12.27 
4.83 



3.94 
9.80 

10.48 

18.84 
1.13 
7.10 


1.76 
.85 
9.16 

16.47 
8.01 
3.60 
3.33 

33.60 
6.77 
6.13 
6.00 
9.57 

31.85 
4.34 

1L04 

16.95 
5.08 

34.17 
8.85 
5.58 
5.80 
3.01 

13.83 
3.96 
5.45 



7.34 
10.02 
2.90 
10.93 
13.32 
10.40 
9.29 
13.10 
8.73 
4.53 
15.59 
9.09 
1.68 
7.57 
2.85 
12.17 
2.99 
13. 28 
.50 
17.90 
1.95 
4.85 
7.62 
13.43 
20.57 
23.23 
4.15 
1.80 
9.29 
6.41 
13.91 



.5.55 
4.85 

13.68 

11.12 
6.62 
.19 
7.20 
1.76 

12.21 
8.87 
6.60 
9.30 
7.11 
3.33 
9.73 
1.66 
.34 
9.34 
3.18 
.90 
8.00 

14.60 
7.55 
5.68 
9.76 
5.55 
.93 

15.86 
9.61 
.87 
4.38 

15.75 

18.14 



5.41 
4.30 



1.24 

10.13 
3.23 

14.39 
4.36 
9.23. 

14.62 
2.85 
3,83 
6.97 
7.98 

12.27 
.68 
3.69 
1.51 
3.80 

13.90 

14.70 
9.60 
7.45 

13.80 
3.60 
4.76 
6.36 
7.46 
1.89 

20. 73 
7.79 
2.65 
7.11 



/-year mean _ 47. 44 



3.19 
4.03 
3.40 

.1.81 
3.53 
.20 
3.23 
1.36 
L79 
6. .57 

21.09 
1.53 
3.98 
2.93 

10.94 
2.39 

10.86 
4.93 
.95 
3.00 
3.95 
3.45 
5.73 
4.23 
4.48 


16. 15 


1.38 
1.16 
5. 74 
6 55 
4.84 



0.35 
3.55 

.61 
2.04 
1.31 
1.90 
1.43 
1.67 

.43 
3.91 
4.39 

T. 
1.13 
5.93 
1.38 


1.08 



.17 
9.14 
'3.85 
1.70 
6.14 
1.30 
3.45 
4.80 
5.39 



0.13 

.40 







T. 

..57 

T. 

.37 


1.31 

.13 


3.01 
1.18 







.25 

3.60 
.60 

3.45 



" 85 

3.98 1.50 
3.41 ! 1.73 
3.12 I .10 
1.91 I 
.90 i .70 














0.90 










T. 




T. 
















0.03 
.28 
.10 



.30 


.02 



a4.40 
30.83 
46.85 
33.58 
53.62 
36.21 
59.53 
27.61 
42.83 
45.46 
56. 14 
48.03 
42.83 
32.73 
52.61 
35.61 
.51.01 
27.92 
31.20 
40.89 
89.80 
40.89 
44.82 
52.85 
54. 08 
66. 88 
65.07 
.51.. 55 
32.10 
45.73 
63.06 
65.33 
50.36 



a Year incomplete. 



452 



CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. 



[NO, •< 



Record of precipitation at Emigrant Gap, Placer County. 
[Latitude, 39° 17'; longitude, 120° 40'; elevation, 5,230 feet. Authority, Pacific Railway System.] 



Year. 



Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. 



Apr. May. 



June. July. Aug. Total. 



1869-70 

1870-71 

1871-72 

1872-73 

1873-74 

1874-76 

1875-76 

1876-77 

1877-78 

1878-79.. 

1879-80 

1880-81 

1881-82 



1886-87. . 
1887-88. . 



1890-91.. 
1891-92. . 



1893-94. . 
1894-95- . 



1896-97. 
1897-98. 



1883-84 1.25 

.91 

.53 



.05 

.10 





: 
I .10 
! 1.20 



.50 
1.25 
2.00 


1.75 

.32 
2.25 
3.30 


6.68 
7.95 
3.66 
1.93 


2.96 
3.00 


11.81 

.65 

.20 
1.70 
2.00 
2.41 
2.41 



25-year mean! . 



.20 
2.70 
1.00 
9.10 

.60 
5.44 
3.04 
5.11 

.30 
2.90 
2.15 
1.20 


18.69 

.40 
1.50 
1.77 
11.41 


2.40 
15.02 
5.95 

.90 
1.90 



15.65 

17.30 

.40 

3.90 



1.62 
.75 
12.33 
15.38 
5.64 
3.31 
3.15 
31.20 
7.38 
8.00 
7.70 



6.20 
12.90 
19.97 
9.19 
9.19 
4.00 



6.30 
10.02 

5.85 
14.80 

4.30 
15.72 
15.43 
10.10 
25.69 
10.03 



4.12 
17.05 
1.10 
16.90 
1.70 
5.42 
5.50 
10.10 
17.90 
17.40 
2.70 



7.15 

14.58 

18.50 

10.42 

.20 

5.70 

.05 

16.87 

13.21 

9.88 

5.42 

9.40 

4.00 

10.20 

2.15 

1.97 

18.80 

3.92 

1.10 

9.80 

7.88 

7.46 

6.38 

15.50 

1.40 

7.88 

2.96 



2.70 
22.12 
2.90 
7.30 
.50 
7.17 
21.69 
9.75 
5.49 
16.60 
10.06 
15.18 
.40 



5.42 
5.69 

13.15 
4.55 
5.70 

10.05 

18.00 
.50 
8.00 

12.80 
1.20 



3.16 
2.80 
4.44 
1.58 
,50 
1.00 
2.70 
,50 
3.87 
7.76 

21.76 
4.63 
2.60 
3.30 

10.84 
3.89 

11.90 
6.17 
3.30 
2.29 
L72 
3.15 
3.00 
5.71 
2.62 
1.60 

11.50 
1.40 
1.10 



0.46 
3.34 

.27 
3.34 

.63 
2.50 
1.50 
1.20 

.53 
2.81 
3.42 

.37 
1.55 
4.90 
2.10 

.20 
2.73 
1.02 
2.23 
8.61 
3.37 
2.70 
5.60 

.69 
1.60 
1.20 
L20 

T. 



0.04 

.41 





.63 
1.50 

.80 

.83 



.34 

.06 
2.54 

.4.0 


2.77 
1.83 

T. 
1.14 
3.04 

.38 


2.40 

.70 


2.29 



.30 



'10.05 
33. 13 

'25.37 
48.78 
65.57 
17.35 
46.10 
9. 73 
51.54 
67.93 
75.71 



58.57 
45.19 
68.38 
44.77 
47.83 
28.43 
89.01 
29.55 
43.38 
65.12 
68.45 
35.10 
54.90 
a 19. 86 
a 7. 86 



50.05 



a Year incomplete. 



LTPPINCOTT.] 



EAINFALL TABLES. 



453 



Record of precipitation at Iowa Hill {Strawberry Flat), Placer County. 
[Latitude, 39° 07'; longitude, 120° W; elevation, 2,825 feet. Authority, C. F. Macy.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. Aug. 


Total. 


1878-79 










12.50 
5.00 

20.75 
8.92 
4.37 
8.05 
3.03 

10.89 
3.61 

11.73 
.58 

20.87 
1.96 
4.01 
6.91 

11.07 

18.64 

17.77 
3.44 
2.04 
6.93 
4.43 
9.94 
1.15 


12.50 

6.10 
10.50 

6.80 

4.24 
11.26 

1.48 

.68 

15.61 

2.41 

.71 

10.74 

10.52 

5.36 

5.80 
12.25 

5.57 

.70 

15. 83 

8.10 
.83 

3.39 
12.61 
15.75 


18.25 
7.88 
4.62 
10.43 
10.63 
16.50 
.68 
6.46 
2.23 
4.59 
12.12 
14.13 
8.28 
7.11 
12.94 
4.20 
4.60 
10.93 
11.33 
1.68 
18.06 
6.40 
1.98 
7.54 


18.87 
3.15 
7.59 
3.67 

13.33 
2.93 

12.19 
6.55 
1.47 
4.20 
3.03 
3.55 
6.03 
6.69 
3.10 
3.93 

14.01 
3.15 
.99 
1.15 
4.59 
6.55 
8.90 


3.25 
6.25 

.13 
1.55 
7.22 
1.60 

.05 
1.87 

.78 
1.14 
8.26 
3.48 
2.03 
6.57 
1.44 
4.03 
3.92 
4.58 

.15 
2.83 
2.41 
3.59 

.96 
1.04 


0.25 


2.12 

.73 


3.52 
1.60 




2.60 

.22 

.08 
2.13 

.41 


1.64 




1.32 
1.49 
1.15 

.10 



.66 


1 


a 54. 62 


1879-80 

1880-81 

1881-82 

1882-83 

1883-84 

1884^85 

1885-86 

1886-87 

1887-88 

1888-89 

1889-90 

1890-91 

1891-92.- 

1892-93 

1893-94 

1894-95 

1895-96.- 

1896-97 

1897-98 

1898-99 

1899-1900 

1900-1901 

1901-2 





2.50 

.35 

.75 
1.60 
1.20 



.48 

.35 


2.29 

.30 

.51 
1.81 

.78 
2.91 
1.00 

.45 

.44 



.99 
4.12 


3.50 

.75 
4.25 
8.50 
4.54 
2.43 


2.28 




9.20 

.a5 

.98 
2.51 
1.35 
4.06 
.17 
.49 
3.09 
1.87 
9.18 
5.67 
3.98 


3.63 

.75 

3.90 

6.63 

2.02 



15.83 

.80 

.95 

3.78 

8.49 



1.51 
8.21 
8.30 
1.48 
1.61 
13.42 
3.49 
4.03 
9.08 
9.65 
4.72 


13.35 
20.80 
10.56 
2.69 
3.75 
24.22 
6.14 
5.75 
6.52 
8.14 
21.04 
7.34 
11.64 
11.88 
5.37 
17.57 
5.87 
5.13 
5.31 
2.84 
8.15 
3.16 
6.08 










0.06 
.05 


.83 


T. 
T. 
.03 
.11 


T. 
. 
.05 
T.. 















T. 
0.05 

T. 

.06 

T. 







.51 

.27 

.06 





.32 



.07 

.15 


64.58 
63.57 
57.23 
48.30 
64.21 
38.02 
55.25 
37.66 
31.95 
38.47 
91.04 
39.28 
43.91 
56.89 
52.63 
60.85 
58.72 
54.26 
29.47 
40.03 
47.96 
51.58 
49.09 


23-year mean 


























51.08 














i 













«Year incomplete. 



454 



CALIFOENIA HYDEOGEAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



Record of precipitation at Summit, Placer County. 
[Latitude, 39° 19'; longitude, 120° 27'; elevation, 7,017 feet. Authority, Pacific Eailway System.] 



Year. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mai'. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Total. 



1870-71-.-. 
1871-72-... 
1872-73-... 
1873-74-... 
1874-75---. 
1875-76.... 
1876-77-... 
1877-78.... 
1878-79.-.. 
1879-80-... 
1880-81-... 
1881-82-... 
1882-83-.-. 
1883-84.... 
1884-85-.-. 
1885-86. _-. 
1886-87--.. 
1887-88---. 
1888-89-.-. 
1889-90 _-.. 
1890-91-.-. 
1891-92..-. 
1892-93--.. 
1893-94---. 
1894-95--.. 
1895-96-... 
1896-97--.. 
1897-98-.. 
1898-99... 
1899-1900.. 
1900-1901.. 
1901-2 

32-year mean 




0.33 









.56 

.30 

.44 





.60 

.75 

.10 
1,10 

.05 



T. 






1.20 
•0 



.95 

.20 

.40 

.03 





.95 
1.40 



0.24 

.40 




3.80 


8.18 

.59 
1.35 
1.55 


3.38 
13.26 
1.06 
3.13 


3.10 

.07 


5.65 



.05 

.60 

.30 
1.28 



.90 
2.50 
4.40 
16.05 
3.50 
4.20 



3.22 
9.33 





2.63 
7.22 

.53 

.89 
6.22 

.55 
3.40 
4.39 
1.33 


13.60 
1.70 
1.50 
1.90 
6.80 



.30 
8.80 



.53 
1.40 
12.30 
26.50 
2.50 
9.15 



.94 
7.78 

.22 
2.50 
1.66 
17.00 

9.52 
5.50 
3.55 
9.40 
3.00 
5.75 

11.60 
5.26 

18.50 
7.40 

11.90 
9.50 
6.00 
9.53 
8.30 
4.10 
4.20 
3.60 
7.90 
3.50 
2.80 



8.44 
4.44 
2.56 
5.00 
8.65 
16.28 
17.89 
14.11 
11.51 
7.33 
8.00 
8.01 
1.11 
8.44 
1.40 
13.90 
6.25 
9.20 
1.00 
19.20 
1.50 
4.00 
7.90 
15.50 
25.80 
10.50 
4.05 
4.00 
12.70 
5.25 
11.30 
4.00 



17.61 
18.00 


13.89 
9.67 

.64 
13.58 



4.67 
10.00 
2.88 
14.11 
.58 
1.40 
20.70 
1.29 
1.50 
11.60 
1.38 
3.40 
10.80 
15.25 
4.20 
.70 
14.35 
7.10 
5.20 
4.75 
14.20 
16.30 



3.38 
6.55 
6.72 

5.22 

15.33 
3.82 
3.38 

23.37 
9.99 
1.67 

10.33 
8.50 

10.11 
.10 
7.80 
1.40 
8.05 
9.55 

14.00 
5.10 
7.40 

14.50 
3.40 
4.70 
9.70 

18.00 
5.20 

15.75 
8.15 
4.50 



2.77 
6.22 
2.72 
2.22 
.89 
3.33 
.31 
2.67 
5.02 

33.71 
1.11 
3.61 
3.77 

14.00 
4.88 
6.40 
5.80 
2.30 
1.90 


4.60 
4.50 
9.20 
4.30 
2.50 

18.20 
1.25 



5.50 
3.00 



0.31 
.33 
1.52 
3.33 
1.58 
1.11 
4.03 
1.61 
2.83 
3.86 
.05 



1.00 
.95 
.95 
1.04 
6.30 
.80 
1.10 
6.30 


2.40 
2.40 
5.40 


2.90 
3.60 
3.97 
1.00 
1.10 



0.89 





.11 
2.64 



.02 



.11 



.52 




4.10 

.80 


1.60 
3.72 

.22 





.20 









.70 

.90 

.70 

.50 



.30 












1.26 



















.10 
3.50 















.21 







.25 


















0.10 

.09 













T. 



T. 

.28 















.02 




1.00 

T. 


1.00 



23.34 
40.24 
60.72 
37.56 
42.52 
56.51 
87.99 
23.46 
49.51 
43.82 
57.62 
22.39 
47.10 
47.35 
42.55 
27.63 
76.55 
21.08 
38.25 
61.30 
47.15 
51.89 
54.63 
56.05 
54.13 
51.20 
60.77 
51.35 
47.70 

47.74 



TjIPPINCOTT.] 



RAINFALL TABLES. 



455 



Record of precipitation at Towles, Placer County. 
[Latitude, 39° 18'; longitude, 120° 38'; elevation, 3,704 feet. Authority, Pacific Railway System.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1885-86 

1886-87 

1887-88 

1888-89 _ 

1889-90 

1890-91 

1891-92 

1892-93.. 

1893-94.. 

1894-95.. 

1895-96 

1896-97 

1897-98 

1898-99 

1899-1900 

1900-1901 

1901-2 


0.80 









.10 
1.08 

2.75 
1.20 
4.25 
8.04 

.10 

.48 



.10 
20.01 



0.80 


1.11 
6.03 
1.02 
1.72 
2.74 
1.76 
5.60 

.80 
1.08 
1.78 
2.85 
9.08 
8.16 
1.10 


14.40 
.80 
.90 
1.08 
4.11 
8.10 
2.23 
12.54 
10.62 
L60 
2.16 
3.12 
9.29 
5.35 
10.90 
18.06 
19.10 


7.00 
3.00 
1.06 
1.01 
11.40 
8.03 
11.18 
17.33 
6.78 
13.88 
7.61 
6.07 
4.61 
3.36 
10.64 
11.60 
15.91 


9.80 
4.85 
20.14 
.45 
19.40 
1.81 
4.95 
9.06 
13.76 
19.05 
21.34 
5.25 
2.95 
8.54 
8.04 
5.99 
1.75 


0.50 
11.60 

1.71 

.90 

14.60 

14.65 

7.16 

8.65 
10.10 

7.24 

1.08 
13.34 

8.29 
.90 
19.06 
14.16 
22.25 


5.10 
LIO 


.60 
3.00 

10.52 
9.32 

16.61 
5.39 
4.60 

14.03 
5.48 
.50 

19.51 
3.07 
6.08 
1.11 


3.80 
1.20 







2.59 
7.78 
7.98 
2.42 
5.15 
15.66 
2.48 

.50 
1.48 
1.02 



.50 




T. 




1.00 
2.86 
8.10 
2.34 
2.06 
4.76 
7.21 

.30 
3.18 
2.49 

.10 
1.10 
L52 





1.06 




2.52 

.75 


2.15 




L30 
2.09 
1.60 










T. 
0.08 


LOO 
1.40 









T. 



























1.14 





41.40 
22.85 
24.95 
5.15 
60.54 
53.60 
54.27 
78.18 
57.79 
63.08 
74.14 
46.46 
33.29 
47.70 
61.91 
65.25 
82.25 


17-year mean 


























51.54 





























Record of precipitation at Laporte, Plumas County. 
[Latitude, 39° 41'; longitude, 120° 59': elevation, 5,000 feet. Authority, Weather Bureau.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1893-94 
















3.05 


2.00 
8.55 
9.32 
0.71 
4.64 
4.43 
2.57 
2.09 
2.28 


3.49 



.09 
3.94 
2.73 
1.48 

.36 

T. 

.64 


T. 

1.41 

.31 



T. 


.06 
T. 
.02 


0.17 
.29 
.25 
T. 
.04 
.82 
T. 
.05 
T. 


«8 71 


1894-95 

1895-96.- 

1896-97 

1897-98 

1898-99 

1899-1900 

1900-1901 

1901-2 


1.13 
8.42 
2.29 
L26 
0.94 



.61 
5.26 


8.87 
.69 
3.09 
4.84 
3.31 
18.30 
13.02 
4.82 


L32 
3.35 
23.87 
9.34 
6.67 
15.96 
14.30 
9.10 


15.47 
9.98 

12.88 
6.63 
3/36 

16.23 
8.79 
8.16 


22.01 
32.43 
6.04 
2.53 
12.95- 
11.95 
17.25 
2.64 


6.65 
2.84 
17.92 
13.04 
2.96 
5.66 
18.35 
33.50 


6.12 
16.20 
13.51 

1.62 
25.26 
12.24 

6.24 
10.09 


4.00 
16.63 
3.13 
1.49 
2.92 
6.51 
7.48 
9.59 


75.82 
100.51 
87.37 
48.16 
64.83 
89.84 
88.18 
86.10 


8-year mean. 




















1 


80.10 




















j 


i 





a Year incomplete. 



456 



CALIFORNIA HYDEOGRAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



Record of pn 



at Mumford Hill, Plumas County. 



[Latitude, 



' 53'; longitude, 131° 05'; elevation, 4,750 feet. Authority, J. A. Edman, Meadow 
Valley.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1876-77 










11.40 
18.15 
12.38 
10.06 
16.57 
9.94 


5.00 
26.52 
12.62 

7.96 

13.28 
8.60 


5.13 
9.44 

30.15 
5.18 
3.60 

10.75 


2.50 
2.10 
6.53 
23.54 
3.21 
7.48 


3.00 
1.85 
3.60 
6.42 
.84 
2.05 


1.72 


1.13 



.54 




0.52 
.30 







0.70 
.29 
.90 




a 29. 37 


1877-78. 

1878-79 

1879-80. 

1880-81 

1881-82 

1886-87 



2.10 




1.36 


1.10 
2.75 
4.01 


3.28 


3.05 
5.15 

7.20 
.76 
4.32 


2.10 
3.75 
14.16 
24.34 
11.23 


65.31 
80.45 
79.43 
63.14 
59.01 
44.30 


1889-90 

1890-91 

1891-92 

1892-93 

1893-94 

1894-95 

1895-96 

1896-97 

1897-98 

1898-99 - 

1899-1900 

1900-1901 

1901-2 


1.50 
1.50 
.50 
.32 
1.79 
1.17 
9.35 
1.43 
.70 
.26 


.20 
4.86 


18.77 
.75 
1.50 
2.61 
1.27 
6.54 
1.13 
2.53 
3.78 
2.27 
15.38 
12.51 
4.27 


10.83 
1.10 
2.06 

22.70 
9.46 
2.26 
3.48 

16.64 
8.17 
4.10 

13.09 

13.13 
8.85 


29.40 
8.18 

13.60 

24.98 
4.40 

24.00 
9.22 

11.13 
5.21 
1.94 

1L89 
7.70 
6.81 


31.33 
2.00 
5.45 
11.47 
17.46 
26.11 
32.70 
5.44 
1.73 
13.12 
10.99 
16.79 
2.38 


18.44 
22. 65 
5.12 
13.07 
16.48 
5.83 
1.20 
13.80 
12.74 
3.01 
3.10 
15.36 
25.43 


20.25 
7.90 
5.40 

13.89 
7.03 

10.59 

13.33 

12.07 
1.41 

17. 04 
8.95 
4.94 

10.60 


6.33 
3.17 
6.35 
8.43 
3.94 
3.80 
16.25 
1.59 
1.25 
2.35 
6.24 
5.62 
6.77 


3.00 
2.39 
6.03 
3.23 
2.85 
7.18 
7.20 
.06 
4.94 
2.92 
1.63 
L34 
2.49 



1.95 



.16 
2.26 




2.14 
2.11 

.64 

.61 







1.25 





.08 





.13 









1.45 

.27 

.22 




1.64 

.05 

.50 

.02 


138.85 
52.84 
46.01 

100.86 
68.44 
87.75 
94.16 
66.83 

.42.04 
49.29 
71.93 
78. 09 
72.60 


19-year mean 


























71.64 































a Year incomplete. 

Record of precipitation at Banning, Riverside County. 

[Latitude, 83° 56'; longitude, 116° 55'; elevation 2,317 feet. Authority, Pacific Railway System.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1878-79 

1879-80 

1880-81- . 








0.02 
.52 



2.84 
.87 


1.08 
4.55 


2.37 
.75 


0.66 
L59 




2.77 


L48 
2.40 


















5.59 
14.92 
«1.39 


1898-99. 




2.70 
1.29 
4.12 
2.74 


.72 
.05 
6.46 
4.83 


2.14 
1.19 
.81 
4.63 


.08 
2.22 

.60 
1.00 


0.01 
1.80 
1.21 
.06 


0.48 


T. 








0.14 






L19 




"6. 13 


1899-1900 

1900-1901 

1901-2 




0.10 




.69 

.47 
1.17 


2.23 
8.94 
.50 


.88 






10.35 
18.90 
15.07 


























11.82 



























M Year incomplete. 



.TPPINCOTT.] 



RAINFALL TABLES. 



457 



Record of precipitation at Beaumont, Riverside County. 
[Latitude, 33° 55'; longitude, 117° 00'; elevation, 3,560 feet. Authority, Pacific Railway System.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1887-88 










1.39 
1.15 
3.71 



.96 
2.97 

.30 
11.49 
1.68 
5.00 
L58 
2.64 
1.45 
4.08 
2.51 


1.18 
1.95 
4.74 
8.70 
. 3.53 
2.66 
2.09 
2.28 

.65 
5.91 

.75 
1.02 



4.77 
3.59 


5.78 
5.27 
1.13 
1.07 
3.18 
9.67 

.35 
2.72 
4.48 
4.60 
1.95 
1.40 
1.16 

.35 
4.14 


0.87 
.61 

1.15 

1.72 
.37 
.40 
.32 

1.24 



1.00 
.35 

2.33 
.35 

1.07 


0.40 

.29 
1.05 
2.43 
1.87 



.43 

T. 

.82 


3.00 

.10 
1.72 
1.80 

.24 













1.07 







0.15 






.25 





.05 


0.50 


.15 
.87 


.18 



.31 





.51 



nlO.13 


1888-89 

1889-90 

1890-91 

1891-92 

1892-93 

1893-94 

1894-95 

1895-96 

1896-97 

1897-98 

1898-99 

1899-1900 

1900-1901 

1901 2 




1.U4 
.48 



.42 






.25 



0.30 
1.53 






1.45 



.14 
2.24 





.88 

.38 
1.56 


3.92 
.67 
.43 
.23 
1.65 



1.90 
1.05 



2.85 
3.98 
.43 


4.19 

11.09 

2.74 

2.43 

1.95 

4.34 

8.89 

.34 

.30 

.43 

1.20 

.89 






17.68 
25.40 
19.00 
13. C5 
19.48 
9.28 
27.04 
10.57 
19.10 
8.71 
7.78 

n.28 

16.47 






14-year mean 


























15.60 





























"Year incom^plete. 

Record of precipitation at San Gorgonio Pass, Riverside County. 
[Latitude, 33° 54'; longitude, 117° 02'; elevation, 2,560 feet. Authority, J. J. Ring and M. Murray.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


0.12 
T. 
.20 
.22 
.09 


Total. 


1874-75 








0.40 
L23 


4.28 

.92 
9.39 


1.00 
9.31 
5.55 
6.03 

2.88 
L78 


0.60 
5.54 
2.03 
10.49 
L78 
3.81 








.20 
3.93 
1.33 

.01 

.14 


T. 



0.26 
.62 




0.03 
.30 
.03 

T. 


n2.00 


1875-76 

1876-77 

1877-78 

1878-7a 

1879-80 

1880-81 


0.03 
.19 
.03 







.18 
1.30 


LOO 


1.33 


.80 
.97 

4.10 


6.26 
3.93 
4.40 
.55 
3.04 


0.99 
2.59 
6.81 
3.23 
6.94 


25.04 
18.70 
35.96 
11.18 
29.29 


1881-82 

1882-83 

1883-84 






.50 
.53 


1.33 
,1.33 


10.27 
.42 


2.48 
3.30, 


L86 
7.29 


3.39 
4.38 


3.62 
4.21 


.35 
.35 



1.30 


.94 




.62 


24.74 
23.73 


1884-85 




























1885-86 










2.97 
.06 


L73 
5.07 


3.07 
.08 


1.24 
2.94 



.14 








.07 






n9.01 


1886-87 

1887-88 







1.23 


.58 
L51 


3.36 


12.30 

a 2.74: 
























8-year mean. 


























22.62 































a Year incomplete. 

Record of precipitation at Whitewater, Riverside County. 
[Latitude, 33° 54'; longitude, 116° 39'; elevation, 1,123 feet. Authority, Pacific Railway System.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1877-78....:.. 

1878-79 

1879-80 

1880-81 

1881-82 

1882-83....... 

1883-84 












T. 


15 
T. 



.78 




.18 
1.62 
.34 


.57 



1.30 
.46 

2.08 

1.70 



1.93 


1.40 
L30 

.51 





.15 
LIO 


0.98 
.28 
.42 


.48 
.34 

6.96 


0.45 
.34 
.20 

2.25 
.20 
.80 

3.05 


2.35 
.30 
.12 
.01 
.16 
.55 





0.01 


























0.25 
.46 





6.48 
2.86 
5.21 
4.91 
.84 
2.41 
13.81 


7-year mean 


























5.22 































Note.— Whitewater ceased reporting aftor August, 1884. 



458 



CALIFOENIA HYDROGRAPHY. 



[NO 81. 



Record of precipitation at Sacramento, Sacramento County. 
[Latitude, 38° 35'; longitude, 121° 30'; elevation, 71 feet. Authority, Signal Service and Weather 

Bureau.] 



Sept 



Oct. 



Nov. 



Dec. Jan. 



Feb. 



Mar. 



Apr. 



May. 



June, 



July. 



0,25 


1.00 















.02 

.06 









.08 



.01 



T. 



T. 

T. 



.05 



T. 



.29 





.30 

.57 

.90 

.60 

.08 



.02 

.55 



.80 

.10 

.18 

.22 



.56 



1.50 



.18 



.01 
1.01 



.20 

.66 
3.01 



.91 



.36 



.12 

.48 






2.12 

.02 

.21 

.22 

.31 
2.26 

.44 
3.45 

.73 

.55 

.88 



.55 
2.63 

.97 
2.01 





6.02 
T. 
.10 
.70 
.12 
1.06 
.17 
.55 
1.96 
.64 
4.46 
1.74 
1.56 



2.25 


2.14 
6.00 
1.50 



2.41 
.15 
6.48 
.18 
2.17 


1.49 
6.72 
2.43 
3.43 
3.81 
.77 
.85 
.58 
1.22 
1.93 
1.21 
3.80 



1.07 

.51 
2.05 

.05 
1.88 
3.23 

.61 


11.34 

.21 

.45 
4.28 
3.15 



.48 
6.60 
2.92 

.48 
1.54 
3.56 

.61 

.61 



12.50 

7.07 

13.41 
1.54 
1.15 
2.00 
2.40 
6.63 
4.34 
1.83 
4.28 
8.64 
2.33 
1.82 



9.51 

12.85 

2.61 

1.96 

.97 

10.59 

5.39 

10.01 

.44 

5.52 



1.43 
.47 
3.41 
11.81 
3.27 
1.13 
.44 
10.45 
5.76 
2.21 



^.82 
3.34 
3.28 



1.54 
1.76 
1.64 
2.30 
2.91 
1.38 
1.19 



4.50 
.65 
.58 
3.00 
3.25 
2.67 
4.92 
1.38 
2.44 
.96 
2.31 
2.67 
15.04 
1.73 
1.08 
4.78 
7.70 
3.44 
6.04 
4.79 
1.37 



5.20 
8.70 



3.18 
1.64 
6.14 
1.89 
2.23 
3.43 
2.16 
7.95 
1.12 
4.81 

.15 
6.62 

.53 
1.78 
3.27 
4.17 
8.42 
9.76 
3.66 

.98 
3.94 
3.54 
3.70 

.95 



0.50 
.35 
.12 
2.00 
8.50 
3.46 
.69 
4.80 
2.46 
3.91 
.93 
2.92 
4.26 
2.75 
.19 
.71 
3.01 
7.10 
3.15 
3.63 
3.24 
1.92 
4.74 
4.36 
1.86 
.55 
3.75 
1.04 
8.04 
3.88 
1.83 
5.06 
2.40 
1.11 
4.46 
.49 



4.06 
6.61 
2.84 
2.66 
3.92 
1.84 
.09 
4.15 
3.19 
.04 
.32 
5.32 
6.52 



10.00 
1.88 
6.40 
7.00 
3.25 
4.20 
1.40 

.67 
2.88 
1.64 
5.11 
3.32 
2.80 
2.36 
1.30 

.48 
2.02 
1.01 
4.35 
2.94 
1.64 

1.94 

.55 
3.05 

.80 
4.15 

.56 
3.09 
4.88 
1.70 
1.37 
3.78 
3.70 
8.14 

.08 
2.68 

.94 
3.04 
6.25 
3.00 
1.78 
3.02 
3.51 

.74 
1.20 
2.57 
2.54 

.04 
6.02 
1.61 

.48 
1.99 



4.25 
1.14 

.19 
3.50 
1.50 
4.32 
2.13 


1.21 

.98 
2.87 

.48 

.82 
1.69 
1.08 
1.37 

.48 
1.80 
2.31 
1.24 
2.12 
1.45 

.61 

.51 

.89 
T. 
1.10 

.19 
1.07 
2.66 
14.20 
1.64 
1.99 

.67 



4.08 
2.53 
.10 
.26 
1.33 
3.04 
1.20 
1.08 
.34 
.86 
5.34 
.25 



1.45 
.21 

1.15 

1.84 

.30 

1.04 

2.49 
.59 

1.81 
.35 
.74 
.46 

2.35 
.01 
.27 



2.38 
1.05 
1.70 
.51 
.92 
.30 
1.50 
.54 



.45 










0.31 

.01 

.03 

.35 

.10 



.02 

.13 

,01 



.09 



.10 



T. 

.01 

T. 

T. 

.02 

T. 

T. 
1.10 



.01 



.13 



.50 

.10 


1.45 

.11 







53-yearinean - 19.62 



LIPPINCOTT.] 



EAINFALL TABLES. 



459 



Record of precipitation at Barstow, San Bernardino County. 



[Latitude, 34° 51'; longitude, 116° 59'; elevation, 2,150 feet. Authority, W. L. Burbeck, Geo. R. 
Gooding, G. W. Fetts, and others.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. June. 


July. 


Aug. Total. 


1888-89 










0.14 
.36 



0.04 
.15 
2.47 


0.93 

T. 

T. 




.07 

.05 


0.12 

T. 









T. 


0.13 
.15 
.06 


al 36 


1889-90....... 

1890-91 

1891-93 


0.07 
.59 

.08 


0.23 




0.70 
.05 
T. 


3.87 
.52 
.25 


5.60 
3.74 
a. 33 


1893-93 


.11 
.02 

1.06 
.16 

2.15 


.27 

.21 





.65 


.06 
.20 
.08 
.11 


.06 










T. 

.22 







T. 


T. 


1.10 
T. 


.07 







.87 
.18 


a 2 31 


1893-94 

1894r-95 

1895-96 

1896-97 








.22 


.33 
1.55 


T. 


T. 

.25 


.72 
.93 

.30 


1.45 
2.18 
1.51 
5.19 


6-year mean 


























3 28 


1901-3 
































aO 



















« Year incoraplete. 
Record of precipitatio7i at Deep Creek, San Bernardino County. 

[Latitude, 34° 15'; longitude, 17° .07'; elevation, 5,200 feet. Authority, Arrowhead Reservoir 

Company.] 



Year 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1893-94. 

1894.-95 

1895-96 

1896-97.. 

1897-98 

1898-99 


L95 
.49 


.28 



L19 
.30 


2.28 

3.92 




L20 



2.45 
1.65 
1.17 

.53 


4.16 
18.41 
1.09 
2.41 
1.40 
.49 


L94 
13.14 
1.86 
5.43 
4.20 


1.89 
2.13 
.05 
13.03 
LIO 


2.75 

7.21 
3.52 
7.59 
1.89 


0.70 
L36 

L75 

.17 


1.01 


.38 
.19 

2.93 


0.13 



.10 
.05 


0.09 



.11 


0.80 


.78 



.55 


17.80 
43.04 
11.78 
32.68 
17.77 
aL02 


1899-1900 


1.40 


.28 


3.07 


3.70 


4.75 








«12.30 




















5-year mean. 


























24.61 































"Year incomplete. 

Record of precipitatiori at Bear Valley darn, San Bernardino County. 

[Latitude, 34° 15'; longitude, 116° 58'; elevation, 6,500 feet.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. ' Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1883-84 - 
























94.60 


1884^85 
























28.06 


1885-86 














1 










65.51 


1886-87 


























24.00 


1887-88.- 


























62.30 


1888-89 


























46.03 


1889-90-. 


























93.40 


1890-91 


























78.40 


1891-92 


























'38.00 


1892-93 


























44.32 
57.46 


10-year mean 



















































460 



CALIFORISriA HYDEOGRAPHY. 



[no. 81. 



Record of precipitation at Glen Ranch, San Bernardino County. 
[Latitude, 34° 50'; longitude, 117° 30'; elevation, 3,112 feet. Authority, Jas. M.Applewhite, Cajon.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total, 


1899-1900 

1900-1901 

1901 2 


0.10 
.31 



0.03 
.46 
3.61 


0.96 
9.39 

.58 


1.00 

.10 


2.15 
6.53 
1.73 


0.10 
9.78 
3.67 


3.84 
.43 
5.54 


1.35 
1.40 
.53 


1.69 
.96 



0.02 

.24 


0.01 









11.25 
29.26 
15 00 






3-year mean 


























18.50 































Record of precipitation at Holcomb Creek, San Bernardino County. 

[Latitude, 34° 17'; longitude, 117° 05'; elevation, 5,220 feet. Authority, Arrowhead Reservoir 

Company.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1894-95.. 










10.06 
L56 
3.35 
3.05 


0.61 
T. 

7.89 
.52 


4.86 
3.24 
3.42 
L27 


0.62 
1.02 



.10 



0.25 

.11 
1.46 






0.20 












0.47 



.66 


a 16. 15 


1895-96 

1896-97 

1897-98 

1898-99 






0.38 





L70 
3.32 




L66 
1.05 
1.09 

.57 


0.41 
L82 
.90 

.48 


8.61 
19.54 
12.75 
aL05 


1899-1900 


.38 


.21 


1.14 


125 


L20 








a 4. 18 


3-year mean. 
















13.63 





























a Year incomplete. 
Record of precipitation at Little Bear Valley, San Bernardino County. 

[Latitude, 34° 15'; longitude, 117° 13'; elevation, 5,150 feet. Authority, Arrowhead Reservoir Com- 
pany.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1893-94 

1894-95- 


L21 
.52 


1.49 
.38 


2.55 



7.61 
20.12 


2.48 


2.25 


3.16 


0.62 


1.34 


0.12 


0.04 


0.31 


23.18 
a 21. 03 


1896-97 




















1897-98 










3.80 


1.38 


2.49 


.25 


4.56 









a 12. 48 


1898-99-- 




T. 


.62 


.74 


aL36 


1899-1900 




1.39 


.43 


3.42 


3.11 


4.63 








a 12. 98 





















« Year incomplete. 
Record of precipitation at Mill Creek "A," San Bernardino County. 

[Latitude, 34° 05'; longitude, 116° 54'; elevation, 5,000 feet. Authority, Redlands Electric Light 
and Power Company.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1899-1900 










2.52 
4.32 


0.43 
6.00 


2.28 
.71 


4.49 
.39 










« 9. 72 


1900-1901 






9.05 

.83 





L85 








L30 


a 23. 53 


1901-2 





1.95 


a 2. 77 























a Year incomplete. 



LIPPINCOTT.] 



RAINFALL TABLES. 



461 



Record of precipitation at Mill Creek "5," San Bernardino County. 

[Latitude. 34° 04'; longitude, 116° 58'; elevation, 2,915 feet. Authority, Redlands Electric Light 
and Power Company.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1899 1900 










1.41 


0.07 


1.43 


3.74 


3.31 











a% 96 


1900-1901 


1.14 


1.15 


4.96 





7.25 
























a Year incomplete. 

Record of precipitation at Morsels house, San Bernardino County. 
[Latitude, 34° 12'; longitude, 117° 12'; elevation, 5,350 feet. Authority, Arrowhead Reservoir 

Company.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1893-94 

1894-95.. 

1895-96 

1896-97 

1897-98..,.--. 
1898-99 


0.25 
.67 


.73 


2.44 
.47 

3.83 
5.08 
.34 


2.75 



4.18 
1.96 
1.93 

.74 


14.73 
26.77 
3.11 
2.73 
1.85 
1.28 


4.78 
18.00 
5.95 
9.34 
6.37 


3.93 
5.85 
.08 
20.14 
2.96 


5.00 
12.54 

7.90 
15.61 

4.22 


1.37 
2.91 
2.63 
.15 
.70 


2.08 


.89 
.18 

8.27 


0.60 



.40 
.25 


0.02 



.08 


0.74 


.46 

.30 


38.69 
67.21 
25. 20 
54.34 
32.74 
a 2. 36 


1899-1900 




2.20 


,44 


3.83 


5.81 


8.64 








«20.92 




















5-year mean. 
























43.64 



























a Year incomplete. 
Record of precipitation at Rancho del Jurupa, San Bernardino County. 

[Latitude, 34° 02' ; longitude, 117° 27' ; elevation, 1,000 feet. Authority, United States post hos- 
pital. ] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1882-83 

1883-84 










2.89 
.44 


7.50 
2.04 


0.25 
1.64 


0.67 
2.34 


3.15 
3.09 


0.33 


1.14 








0.18 


16.11 
«9.55 

















« Year incomplete. 

Record of precipitation at Redlands, San Bernardino County. 

[Lati-^ude, 34° 03'; longitude, 117° 10'; elevation, 1,335 feet. Authority, Pacific Railway System.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar \ Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1888-89.. 

1889-90 

1890-91 

1891-92 

1892-93 

1893-94 

1894-95 

1895-96 

1896-97 

1897-98 

1898-99 

1899-1900 

1900-1901 

1901-2 



0.31 
.88 
.97 
.03 
.18 
.10 



.83 
.01 
= 05 
.50 



0.05 

1.50 

29 





1.00 

.08 

.03 

1.72 

1.92 

.01 

.65 

.53 

.92 


4.12 
.52 



.46 
.05 


1.17 
2.07 
.07 
.25 
1.28 
3.88 
.09 


4.64 
13.72 
3.02 
1.51 
1.14 
2.59 
4.35 
.33 
.16 
.51 
.40 
.46 

T. 


0.68 
4.69 



.87 
2.39 

.67 
6. .54 
1.29 
4.33 
2.56 
1.92 
1.20 
2.25 
1.64 


1.47 
3.03 
9.28 
4.37 
2.65 

.90 
1.12 

.06 
3.89 

.60 

.71 

T 

3.79 
2.58 


5.70 
.89 
L19 
2.06 
6.26 
.59 
2. 74 
2.47 
1.92 
.84 
1.50 
.78 
.46 
2.82 


0.99 
.16 
.91 
.13 
.05 
.31 


.43 
.10 
.18 
.08 

2.03 

T. 
.36 


0.58 
.68 

1.10 



.62 
.45 
.85 
.19 

1.59 
.24 

L41 

1.62 
.08 






0.23 









0. 



.87 



.04 

.31 










.03 













,04 



.07 


0.28 
2.16 
1.63 





.11 


1.03 



T. 

.04 








18.51 
27.66 
18.53 

9.91 
13.01 

7.02 
15.38 

7.66 
14.38 

9.10 

6.03 

7.90 
13.07 

8.87 


14-year mean 


' . i 
















12.64 




1 

















462 



CALIFORNIA HYDROGEAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



Record of precipitation at Rings Station, San Bernardino County. 
[Latitude, 34° 02'; longitude, 116° 46'; elevation, 4,300 feet. Authority, John J. Ring.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1874-75- 

1875-76 

1876-77.. 

1877-78. 

1878-79 

1879-80 

1880-Sl 

1881-82 


0.09 
.43 
.19 







0.61 

T. 

.18 
1.30 


1.00 

.50 
1.30 


2.55 
4.06 


0.80 

.97 
4.10 
1.05 

.08 


0.78 
.25 


4.03 
1.52 
9.39 
10.27 
.42 


5.64 
9.31 

5.75 
6.03 

2.88 
1.78 
2.48, 
3.30 


2.08 
5.54 
2.33 
10.49 
5.11 
2.81 
1.86 
7.29 


0.58 
6.23 
3.93 
4.41 
.55 
3.04 
3.39 
5.38 


0.37 
.99 
2.59 
6.86 
3.23 
1.39 
2.93 
4.21 




0.20 

3.93 

1.33 



.14 
.35 
.35 







0.26 






1.30 



0.03 
.30 
.03 



.94 






0.20 


.09 




12.70 
27.04 
19.20 
35.74 
14.26 
23.74 
23.77 
23.63 


8-year mean. 


























22.51 































Record of precipitation at Santa Ana Canyon, San Bernardino County. 
[Latitude, 34° 09'; longitude, 117° 07'; elevation, 3,000 feet. Authority, Edison Electric Company.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1899-1900 












0.74 
1.10 


5.87 
1.38 










a 6. 61 


1900-1901 










5.53 


7.82 


1.36 








a 17. 19 





















a Year incomplete. 
Record of precipitation at Squirrel Inn, San Bernardino County. 

[Latitude, 34° 12'; longitude, 117° 15'; elevation, 5,300 feet. Authority, Arrowhead Reservoir 

Company.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1893-94 

1894-95 

1895-96.. 

1896-97.. 

1897-98.. 


0.38 
.50 



.05 


L90 

.34 


3.20 



.37 


5.00 


2.92 
1.60 


8.93 
16.38 
1.98 
2.23 


4.00 
14.22 
4.51 
7.65 

4.98 


3.23 
5.35 

13.31 
L95 


3.54 

9.58 
5.60 

12.17 
2.98 


1.17 
2.53 
.98 
.13 

.68 


1.37 



.89 
3.03 
6.50 


0.23 


.20 









0.62 


.38 



30.37 
48.90 
17.26 
43.52 
a 17. 09 


1898-99 


.70 


1.35 


a 2. 47 


1899-1900 


1.73 


.26 


3.04 


4.81 


6.37 








a 16. 21 




















4-year mean. 


























35.01 































a Year incomplete. 
Record of precipitation at Upper Holcomh Valley, San Bernardino County. 

[Latitude, 34° 18'; longitude, 116° 55'; elevation, 7,200 feet. Authority, Arrowhead Reservoir 

Company.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1897-98 










2.60 


0.40 


L50 


0.50 










a5.00 















a Year incomplete. 



LTPPINCOTT.] 



RAINFALL TABLES. 



463 



Record of precipitation at Campo, San Diego County. 
[Latitude, 32° 37'; longitude, 116° 30'; elevation, 2,660 feet. Authority, A. Campbell, Campo.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1876 77 














2.29 
L84 
.60 
3.56 
5.00 
1.01 


1.08 
5.75 
2.01 
4.00 
1.52 
1.10 


0.91 
.41 



.12 
.18 






0.04 
.26 


0.50 

2.32 



.13 
.07 
.62 


1 a 4. 78 


1877-78 

1878-79 

1879-80 

1880-81 

1881-82 

1882-83 





0.01 
.02 
.02 


0.35 
.31 


.68 
.73 


1.50 
.55 
3.00 

.'85 
.11 


2.44 
1.29 
2.23 

4.85 
.24 


1.79 

2.18 
3.00 
L74 
3.10 


5.45 
1.32 
2.15 
.53 
4.57 


0.01 



.41 
1.37 

.53 


21.86 
8.26 
18.47 
16.68 
12.47 
a. 02 


1888-89 - 










4.65 
7.25 
13.30 
4.55 
3.65 
5.83 
.10 
8.22 
4.72 


4.00 
1.69 

.50 
3.30 
7.19 
1.01 

.55 

4.00* 


1.86 
1.20 
1.25 
1.54 

.80 
2.07 

.54 
1.33 


.45 
.90 
.75 
2.75 
.41 
4.38 
1.04 
1.18 
.07 


.10 
.16 


.35 


1.26 
.10 


.12 


2.26 





.61 

2.34 


2.50 

2.67 

&16.10 









.63 




«11.70 


1889-90 

1890-91. 

1891-92 

1892-93 

1893-94 

1899-1900 

1900-1901 

1901-2 


.50 
1.80 





.57 
.24 
.05 




1.10 
.44 


.12 
.11 
.60 
.28 

1.02 


1.67 
.95 
.25 
.71 
3.38 
1.61 
4.47 
.43 


9.34 
2.80 
3.21 
.50 
2.08 
1.15 

.23 


2.40 



.75 
3.55 
5.89 
2.65 
2.03 
4.28 


31.80 
37.84 
16.41 
17.67 
25.31 
10.11 
18.70 
18.44 


13-year mean 

























19.54 



« Year incomplete. & Cloudburst; rain gage washed away. Record incomplete. 

Record of precipitation at Cuyamaca Reservoir, San Diego County. 

[Latitude, 33° 00'; longitude, 116° 40'; elevation, 4,800 feet. Authority, San Diego Flume 

Company.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Fteb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1887-88 

1888-89 

1889-90 

1890-91 

1891-92 

1893-93 

1893-94 

1894-95 

1895-96 

1896-97.. 

1897-98 

1898-99.. 

1899-1900 

1900-1901 

1901-2 



0.21 

.03 
1.45 

.69 





.30 
3.00 
L06 

.36 





.92 

.08 


0.78 
3.82 
3.82 

.58 



.30 
1.90 


1.03 
4.93 
5.09 


4.51 

.74 
1.94 


3.64 
8.33 
1.64 
3.63 

.45 
2.87 
3.30 



6.01 
3.45 
L07 

.88 
3.45 
11.97 
1.48 


6.00 
13.30 
20.96 
12.14 
6.75 
3.76 
2.75 
12.80 
L66 
3.74 
2.46 
.96 
2.49 
.04 
.52 


3.35 
2.99 

8.05 


7.23 
5.55 
2.05 
28.43 
5.77- 
6.32 
5.47 
7.02 
3.63 
8.17 
8.17 


3.12 
4.70 
16.36 
34.70 
6.47 
9.13 
2.05 
4.60 
.20 
8.14 
L97 
1.53 
.26 
13.26 
5.70 


4.12 
12.85 
4.00 
3.17 
7.76 
15.60 


5.89 
3.01 
8.56 
4.06 
7.23 
2.51 
2.32 
13.82 


0.21 

3.44 

1.02 

3.50 

3.35 

1.00 

,0 

1.10 

1.78 

.22 
1.24 

.98 
6.69 
1.24 
2.09 



2.22 
3.92 
3.69 
5.90 
1.00 
1.00 
L16 

.92 

,38 
5.97 

.47 
2.81 
3.87 

.14 









0.67 



.50 








2.96 

.10 



.17 


0.93 



.09 

.04 


1.20 




L29 





.04 

.28 

T. 
1.54 


0.04 
1.71 

.90 

.30 



.30 

.50 

0. 

.87 


•1.32 

T. 



.09 




22.19 
53.57 
60.79 
63.19 
89.27 
40.71 
14.05 
54.28 
25.54 
36.80 
29.01 
33.07 
26.72 
42.63 
35.65 


15-year mean 


























37.76 































Record of precipitation at Descanso, San Diego County. 
[Latitude, 32° 50'; longitude, 116° 40'; elevation, 3,500 feet. Authority, E. W. Hulburd, Descanso.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1895-96 

1896-97. 

1897-98 

1898-99. 

1899-1900 

1900-1901 

1901-2 


T. 
0.03 
.56 



.25 
T. 


0.38 
2.71 
2.83 


1.63 

.63 
1.25 


4.37 
2.12 
.40 
.35 
.25 
6.50 
.87 


LOO 
2.43 
2.90 
LOO 
L06 
.15 
.12 


2.93 

6.48 
5.28 
3.49 
4.00 
3.25 
4.47 


0.10 
6.27 
.89 
L69 

.75 
11.00 
4.53 


8.04 
5.21 
4.11 
2.73 
L25 
1.40 
8.00 


1.14 
.16 
.90 
.25 

4.25 
.57 
L50 


0.17 
.21 
2.35 
L45 
2.69 
L53 
.06 




0.01 





.06 




0.30 
.62 
.15 
.15 


T. 
.45 


L38 
.04 
.83 
.38 
T. 
.78 



19.81 
26.29 
21.20 
11.49 
15.93 
26.06 
21.24 


7-year mean. 






















20.29 




i 








" " 













464 



OALIFOBNIA HYDEOGRAPHY. 



Record of precipitation at Julian, San Diego County. 



[NO. 81. 



[Latitude, 33° 04'; longitude, 116° 36'; elevation, 4,500 feet. Authorities, J. S. Beck and Mrs. S. L. 

Harritt.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov.. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 



Total. 


1879-80.- 








2.13 


4.50 


1.50 


5.75 


9.25 


7.50 











30.63 


1880-81 








2.25 


2.75 


5.13 


4.88 


8.13 


2.75 








. 





25. 89 


1881-82 








1.88 


6.88 


5.13 


3.38 


7.13 


4.88 














29.28 


1882-83 








5.13 


6.25 


10.04 


6.63 


9.13 


4.13 














41.31 


1883-84 





2.75 





6.00 


2.25 


20.63 


15.63 


10.63 


3.63 











61.52 


1889-90. . 










6.12 

.07 


10.39 
19.32 


3.63 
2.09 


1.11 
2.66 


2.54 
3.00 










1.25 

.89 


a 25. 04 


1890-91 


1.25 





2.00 


6.36 


37.64 


1891-92 


.81 





2.25 


8.61 


6.17 


6.69 


1.54 


6.11 


3.55 


0.41 





.11 


36.25 


1892-93 





.56 


1.53 


2.81 


3.76 


3.72 


14.42 


.66 


.62 





1.65 


.41 


30.14 


1893-94 _. 


.03 


2.20 


3.25 


4.00 


4.40 


2.77 


4.19 


.32 


.68 


.04 


.17 


.34 


22.39 


1894-95 


.21 


T. 





9.38 


16.32 


3.80 


5.04 


.95 


.45 


T. 


T. 


.70 


36.85 


1895-96 





.70 


2.60 


.75 


4.55 


.40 


6.10 


1.40 


.10 





.17 


. .34 


17.11 


11-year mean 


























33.55 































a Year incomplete. 

Record of precipitation at Laguna, San Diego County. 

[Latitude, 32° 50'; longitude, 116° 31'; elevation, 5,440 feet. Authority, Arch. Campbell, Campo.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1884-85 
















2.10 


1.36 


0.17 




0.21 


L87 
2.43 


ct5.50 


1885-86 




0.44 
.29 


2.71 
L40 


0.60 









a 6. 39 


1886-87 















a 1.69 


1890-91 










.60 
.45 
.25 







115 


L50 


2.83 


3.83 


a 4. 58 


189^95- 

1895-96 

1896-97 




0.03 



.20 



3.35 
2.50 


1.85 

.40 
1.42 


6.40 
2.48 



9.97 

2.74 
1.80 


17.44 

3. 

3.60 


2.87 
55 
1.08 


2.70 
5.60 



1.55 


a33.43 
.22.68 
«13.25 


1897-98 

1898-99 


8.10 
16. 


00 
1.00 
.95 
6.15 


4. 

3.80 
.71 
1.05 


44 


2.19 
2.09 
.11 






.30 



.21 






.42 
2.32 








L25 

.48 


16.87 
«16.00 


1899-1900 

1900-1901 

1901-2 


2.70 
6.20 
.54 


1.65 

.35 


3.30 
5.60 
.40 


.37 
8.60 
.35 


17.16 
26.42 
13.38 


5-year mean - 


























19.30 





























a Year incomplete. 

Record of precipitation at Nellie, San Diego County. 
[Latitude, 33° 20'; longitude, 116° 55'; elevation, 5,240 feet. Authority, N. A. Clark. 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1901-2 




2.55 


1.75 


0.55 


17.60 


7.34 


10.21 


2.20 


0.25 





0.06 





a 42. 51 









a Year incomplete. 



LIPPINCOTT.] 



RAINFALL TABLES. 



465 



Record of precipitation at San Diego, San Diego County. 

[Latitude, 32° 45'; longitude, 117° 8'; elevation, 69 feet. Authorities, U. S. War Department and 

Weather Bureau.] 



1899-1900.. 
1900-1901.. 

1901-2 

52-year mean 



Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. j June. July. Aug. Total. 




0.02 





.09 



.07 

.01 

.10 




1.59 



.36 









.05 











.11 

.39 

.03 









.04 

.01 



.07 

T. 



T. 

.04 

T. 

.65 

.08 

T. 



.01 

.01 

T. 

T. 

.07 



T. 

.06 









.53 



.08 

.81 

.96 

.29 

.53 

.24 

.41 

2.01 
.35 
.31 
.05 
T. 
.26 

2.12 
.01 
.04 
.22 
.11 
T. 
.27 
.97 

1.06 


.35 
.30 



2.82 

.25 

1.45 

1.28 

.04 

2.15 

1.22 

2.16 

.28 

1.49 

2.88 

1.19 

.05 

.73 

2.41 

.52 

.24 

.45 

2.00 

2.32 

.18 

1.33 



.77 
.88 
2.25 
.04 
-.06 


2.77 
.28 
.12 
.39 
.20 
.11 
1.56 
.95 
2.08 
1.83 
.12 
.72 
.10 
.94 
.91 


1.19 
.98 
.02 
.15 
.86 
1.43 
.41 



1.93 

3.74 

4.50 

1.77 

3.29 

.41 

1.30 

1.30 

3.10 

1.79 

2.99 

3.20 

.93 

.04 

1.04 

.84 

1.82 

3.06 

1.52 

.94 

.42 

1.39 

1.40 

5.46 

.55 

.41 

.15 

3.89 

1.57 

6.30 

4.15 

.30 

.13 

1.82 

5.12 

.71 

.10 

1.14 

2.84 

7.71 

1.61 

1.29 

.69 

1.91 

2.26 

.27 

2.18 





0.03 
.58 
.50 
.99 
1.97 
1.27 
.26 
1.52 


.72 

.82 

5. 56 

.32 

.04 

L28 

5.05 

2.32 

3.37 

2.88 

.54 

.52 

.99 

.44 

3.11 



L05 
1.45 
3.54 

.61 

.52 
4.53 
1.09 
1.34 

.35 
6.95 

.04 
1.96 
1.72 
2.79 
1.21 
1.58 



7.33 
1.27 
3.13 
L71 
2.34 

2.08 
1.70 



L13 
1.51 
1.84 

.20 
2.56 
3.59 
L86 
1.76 

.44 
1.89 
L49 

.79 
1.39 
1.09 
2.50 
3.00 
3.48 

.85 
L63 
1.88 

1.35 

2.63 

4.15 

3. 73 

.37 

2.44 

.18 

4.83 

1.04 

1.50 

.45 

2.55 

.95 

9.05 

.02 

1.51 

4.51 

1.48 

1.80 

1.70 

4.84 

2.96 

.47 

.49 

.53 

.02 

2.72 

.06 

.30 

.03 

4.77 

1.57 



1.00 
.34 
1.87 
1.52 
1.88 
1.30 
1.59 


L24 
.20 
.15 
.05 
.97 
.33 
.20 


L47 

7.88 

.73 

1.98 

.33 

.01 

.46 

.11 

1.20 

.45 

1.78 

1.44 

1.41 

.10 

1.43 

1.88 

1.02 

.41 

6.23 

.78 

3.73 

.02 

2.79 

2.20 

.41 

.27 

.96 

5.50 

1.05 

L43 

2.89 

L58 

.91 

.85 

.53 

1.07 

1.86 



.85 
.25 
.89 
1.52 
2.17 
.04 
.17 



.04 
1.05 
.13 
.01 
.56 
.11 
.48 
1.20 
.53 
.20 
.70 
.26 
.10 
.34 
.12 



2.91 

.60 

1.34 

1.35 

.45 

.31 

2.84 

1.20 

1.95 

2.14 

.10 

.19 

.05 

.76 

.41 

.22 

.11 

.11 

.25 

.02 

.22 

.29 

1.26 

.01 

.21 




0.71 





.17 

.04 



.16 

.02 

L25 


.09 
.04 
.15 
.33 
.28 
.34 
.12 
.03 
.34 
.20 
,05 
.43 
.58 
T. 
.06 
.04 
.18 

1.14 

2.17 
.61 
.04 
.47 
.22 
.03 
.08 
.35 

1.15 



.12 
.66 
.10 
1.45 

.77 
.06 








0.07 









.02 

.14 



.11 



.11 
1.29 





.51 

.05 

.04 



IRR 81— 03- 



-30 



r' Year incomplete. 



466 



CALIFOENIA HYDROGEAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



Record of precipitation at Warners, San Diego County. 
[Latitude, 33° 5'; longitude, 116° 40'; elevation, 2,894 feet. Authority, Charles E. McGary.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1900-1901 






1.93 




2.58 


5.98 


o.a5 


0.20 


0.97 








nl2.01 

















a Year incomplete. 



Record of precipitation at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County. 

[Latitude, 34° 25'; longitude, 119° 40'; elevation, 100 feet. Authority, United States War Depart- 
ment and Weather Bureau. 



Sept. Oct. Nov, 



Apr. 



May. 



June. July. 



Aug. Total. 



1869-70-. 
1870-71.. 
1871-72. . 
1872-73.. 
1873-74.. 
1874-75- - 
1875-76- - 
1876-77.. 
1877-78.- 
1878-79- . 
1879-80- . 
1880-81- . 
1881-82.. 
1882-83-. 
1883-84-. 
1884-85-. 
1885-S6- . 
1886-87-. 



1893-94- . 
1894-95-. 



1898-99-... 
1899-1900.. 
1900-1901.. 
1901-2 












0.05 

















.44 











.38 

.03 


1.50 

.18 




1.36 






3.17 



.04 






0.30 

1.04 
.09 



L91 


.32 


.32 
.41 
.25 

1.47 
.37 

1.32 

1.02 
.19 
.39 
.31 
.07 

8.65 



.42 
.62 
.78 
.55 
.92 

1.44 
.14 

2.06 
.15 



2.31 
1.25 

.65 

.27 
1.83 



.27 
1.30 
6.53 


L32 


1.62 

.28 

.33 



.79 
9.84 

.87 
1.10 
5.62 
3.21 

.48 

0. 

3.70 
T. 

.11 

.77 
3.51 





1.97 
3.99 
1.16 



12.67 
4.26 

.57 
1.41 
6.56 
4.34 
5.26 



.31 



3.12 
5.16 
4.57 
9.73 

.95 

.10 
2.76 
6.62 
2.47 

.86 
4.43 
5.59 
10.64 
3.53 
2.26 
7.31 
3.50 
4.16 

.93 
2.92 



.36 
2.a5 

.02 

T. 



2.53 

.58 
4.54 
14.84 
7.56 
2.72 
7.17 
5.24 
1.30 
2.83 
1.13 
2.18 
6.33 
1.23 
5.12 

.31 
10.15 

.29 
5.32 

.50 
1.04 
4.52 

.65 
6.25 
6.84 
4.35 

.63 
4.48 
2.32 
4.86 
1.36 



2.00 

2.12 

5.87 

2.92 

1.81 

5.48 

3.17 

.18 

5.67 



11.73 

.71 

10.86 

.m 

2.38 
2.92 
9.68 

.07 
L19 
8.64 
1.30 
1.29 
2.96 
8.82 
2.48 
3.55 

.50 

.67 



3.65 
1.39 



.05 
3.65 
4.40 



1.08 

4.22 

.83 

.02 

.18 

.05 

.78 

.38 

2.73 

.82 

2.47 

.34 

1.15 

L25 

5.74 

3.64 

9.77 

.35 

2.03 

.13 

3.86 

7.31 

1.10 

L65 

3.36 

7.53 

.22 

1.99 

2.37 

2.73 



1.58 
.16 



.18 
3.34 
1.60 
5.73 



2.60 
3.00 
3.40 
1.43 
.16 
.49 
.31 
1.90 
.34 



.46 
L78 

.02 
T. 

.64 

.42 
2.07 
1.40 



.74 

.37 





.14 





.45 

.29 

.21 






2.79 

.39 
• 



.33 







0.07 



.14 






.07 




.20 
.35 
1.62 



.03 
T. 
.13 






.05 
.05 



.78 
.01 
.10 








0.02 
















T. 











T. 
.09 




25.19 

15.77 
10.27 

8.91 
14.96 
10.50 
14.44 
18.71 
23.07 

4.49 
29.51 
13.58 
25.64 
15.23 
14.27 
13.41 
34.47 
13.08 
24.24 
12.99 
2L71 
21.58 
32.37 
18.38 
10.28 
27.41 

6.85 
15.85 
13.77 
18.10 

4.99 
12.35 
12.68 
15.53 
14.06 



35-year mean 



16.82 



LIPPINCOTT.] 



RAINFALL TABLES. 



467 



Record of precipitation at Mount Hamilton (Lick Observatory) , Santa Clara 

County. 

[Latitude, 37° 20'; longitude, 121° 38'; elevation, 4,440 feet. Authority, Lick Observatory.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1880-81 

1881-82 

1882-83 

1883-84 

1884-85 

1885-86 

1886-87 

1887-88 

1888-89 

1889-90.-..,.. 

1890-91 

1891-92-- 

1892-93 

1893-94 

1894-95 

1895-96 

1896-97 

1897-98 

1898-99 

1899-1900 

1900-1901 

1901-2 


0.10 


.65 
.65 
.15 


.33, 
.49 


.80 
.28 
.24 
.48 

1.64 
.08 
.47 
.07 
.39 
T. 
.08 

1.07 


0.33 

6.16 

2.60 

3.71 

.05 

.60 

.09 

.03 

4.38 

.02 

.61 

.38 

.66 

2.98 

.78 

1.91 

1.26 

L33 

6.37 

3.48 

2.29 


0.91 
3.45 

1.48 
.01 

3.01 

2.82 
.90 

3.27 

4.69 

.58 

.38 

10.30 

4.01 
.84 

2.46 

1.51 
1.33 
4.92 

7.76 
2.89 


9.72 
L93 
2.05 

33.84 
6.76 
2.34 

1L25 
4.23 

13.19 
5.39 
9.54 
5.56 
3.38 

11.90 
3.16 
4.93 
2.70 
2.13 
4.16 
2.21 
1.61 


3.11 
3.55 
3.10 
5.60 
L99 
4.53 
3.83 

10.04 
1.04 
7.92 
1.38 
1.97 
3.29 
8.74 

10.00 
9.54 
3.50 
L50 
5.63 
3.26 
5.74 
1.47 


5.99 
2.90 
3:75 

13.76 
.57 
1.80 
7.80 
1.38 
1.43 
2.04 
6.52 
2.99 
3.40 

10.52 
3.08 
1.08 
5.92 
4.16 
.75 
1.70 
5.92 
9.25 


L13 
5.40 
8.66 

16. a5 
1.15 
5.77 
1.39 
3.40 
6.17 
4.39 
4.36 
5.98 
8.99 
2.54 
1.46 
3.83 
3.40 
2.04 

11.11 
3.37 
1.98 
5.18 


0.98 
4.70 
2.66 
11.96 
2.08 
6.79 
5.75 

.68 
1.92 
1.79 
3.08 
1.90 
3.61 

.89 
2.80 
6.70 

.78 

.83 
L40 
4.06 
3.33 
2.98 


0.09 
.48 
7.56 
1.34 
.16 
.70 
.25 
L25 
3.21 
2.42 
L12 
3.52 
.95 
2.78 
2.39 
2.10 
.27 
3.41 
L47 
L35 
L07 
1.19 


0.33 
1.06 


3.85 

.36 



.30 



.a5 



.57 

.32 

.16 

.64 



.03 

.39 

.38 

.39 

T. 

.02 










0.04 







.03 
.01 
T. 




.01 







0.15 




.03 



T. 


T. 


.28 



.13 
.02 
.05 



all. 63 
29.15 
37.37 
58.69 
44.-53 
29. 56 
34.12 
39.34 
3La3 
40.82 
23.72 
27.49 
36.88 
34.66 
36.60 
30.04 
27.34 
16.86 
35.95 
39.22 
31.64 
27.93 


21-year mean 


























31 60 





























« Year incomplete. 

Record of precipitation at Delta, Shasta County. 
[Latitude, 41=' 00'; longitude, 122° 23'; elevation, 1,138 feet. Authority, Pacific Railway System. 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


188^83. 

1883-84 

1884.-85 

1885-86 

1886-87 

1887-88 

1888-89 

1889-90 

1890-91 

1891-92 

1892-93 

1893-94 

1894-95 

1895-96 

1896-97 

1897-98 

1898-99 

189^1900 

1900-1901 

1901-3 


0.10 


L03 



T. 


(0.16) 


LOO 
L31 
L53 
3.85 
4.00 
5.18 

T. 







.97 
3.28 


9.20 
6.18 
6.01 
.60 
L30 


(7.14) 
26.71 
.40 
2.24 
3.40 
.15 
7.33 


3.50 
3.40 
1.95 
9.85 
15.68 
2.95 


8.U 
1.10 

.56 
29.38 

.30 

(7.18) 

10.03 



1.99 
13.08 
8.05 
3.30 
3.15 
12.00 
3.55 
3.35 
19.60 
10.51 
1L37 


3.94 
4.24 

16.24 

13.94 
8.81 
3.33 

10.56 

25.83 
7.24 
7.21 

19.51 
3.10 

33.17 
5.98 

17.23 
6.05 
2.00 
6.40 
8.04 
5.55 


1.00 
15.57 
2.91 
9.95 
3.84 
10.40 
.15 
17.18 
3.73 
5.55 
3.17 
14.30 
18.55 
31.43 
4.66 
.75 
8.19 
12.25 
13.43 
3.93 




4.55 
3.53 
.50 
10.37 
4.67 
1.02 
31.11 
13.70 
4.01 
3.10 
3.70 
7.03 
.60 
7.13 
13.55 
(6.13) 
4.60 
9.28 
39.82 


14.46 

13.44 
.37 
3.52 
3.37 
L70 

37.52 

16.50 
2.06 
8.34 

11.90 
2.60 
7.73 

11.81 
4.63 


11.81 
9.45 
L58 
8.48 


8.49 
16.55 
3.54 
10.19 
5.53 


3.91 
4.78 
8.95 
6.31 
8.90 
2.75 
L71 
16.72 
1.30 
L35 
.65 
8.59 
6.81 
7.70 


9.94 
3.73 
.67 
8.16 
L26 
2.45 
5.81 
3.33 
4.76 
5.22 
3.30 
3.50 

6.a5 

6.92 


5.85 
1.10 
4.10 

.65 
4.02 



7.13 
L60 
.60 
.82 
3.30 
L07 

1.98 

.04 


2.25 



.07 
2.75 
L40 
4.05 
L56 



.32 



0.25 













.75 

.10 

T. 


L07 









.17 



T. 














T. 


T. 



0.20 

.38 


55.27 
7L73 
34.46 
75.84 
35.50 
25.50 
73.52 
124.47 
44.56 
42.32 
66.88 
43.25 
90.73 
80.85 
53.20 
35.90 
39.23 
76.77 
66.95 
85.59 


80-year mean 


























61 13 































468 



CALIFORNIA HyDROGRAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



Record of precipitation at Fort Crook, Shasta Cou7ity. 
[Latitude, 40° 10'; longitude, 121° 20'; elevation, 3,390 feet. Authority, U. 8. War Department.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


185T 58 










2.23 
1.81 
2.14 
1.20 
8.22 
3.60 
1.10 
3.16 


4.38 
5.96 

4.78 
4.89 
3.09 

3.16 


2.57 
4.06 
5.10 
4.03 
3.53 
2.80 

.58 
2.23 
8.25 

.75 


1.28 
L26 
3.09 
L82 
2.64 
1.00 
LOO 
1.20 
.87 
L86 


0.13 
.60 
3.06 
1.33 
2.59 
.40 
1.34 
1.30 


0.34 


.44 
.66 

2.45 


.35 
.60 






2.23 



.02 





0.08 
.05 








« 10. 96 


1858-59 

1859-60.- 

1860-61 

1861-62 

1863-63. 

1863-64 

1864-65 

1865-66 


0.04 
1.80 

.33 



.40 




1.02 



.80 




3.67 


3.97 
.09 
.09 
.39 

1.05 

L55 


.73 
.50 


1.32 
3.85 
L33 

6.18 



.06 
7.00 
8:75 

.80 
L12 

.56 


6.39 
1.00 
5.04 
9.75 
L81 
2.00 
7.47 


25.16 
22.97 
23.39 
40.36 
13.19 
6.82 
26.17 
a 20. 44 


1866-67 

1867 68 


11.75 


5.27 


4.44 


, .50 


.30 
1.67 



.16 






25.67 
a 4. 48 


1868-69 


3.25 


2.85 




4.82 


1.56 




a 13. 54 














8-year mean. 


























32.97 































rt Year incomplete. 

Record of precipitation at Redding, Shasta Cou7ity. 

[Latitude, 40° 3;>'; longitude, 122° 27'; elevation, 565 feet. Authority, Pacific Railway System.] 



Year. 


bept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1890-91 










L68 
1.19 
4.18 
9.69 
12.84 
14.52 
4.42 
.54 
9.68 
6.45 
6.33 
1.37 


9.95 
1.32 

4.75 
7.65 
3.08 
.79 
6.80 
3.77 
L04 
2.86 
5.52 
19.97 


3.05 
L41 
9.17 
3.20 
2.78 
4.17 
5.29 



8.86 
3.68 

.57 
4.73 


2.31 
2.31 
3.94 
3.60 
.99 
4.05 
3.02 
.76 
.61 
2.59 
5.11 
4.69 


3.17 
3.23 
1.-35 
L31 
2.61 
8.97 


3.64 

.82 
3.12 

.41 
3.94 


1.91 

.20 



.65 



.35 
1.59 

.15 
2.46 
L38 

T. 




0.75 




.95 
T. 




T. 
.01 
.01 





0.42 
T. 
.38 


T. 
.08 
.16 
T. 
.03 


« 22. 82 


1891-92 

1892-93. 

1893-94 

1894^95 

1895-96 

1896-97 

1897-98 

189&-99 

1899-1900 

1900-1901 

1901-2.. 


0.13 


3.05 
1.59 
3.24 
.81 
.15 
.13 

2.48 
3.11 


0.02 
2.46 

.27 
5.85 

.01 
L99 
1.36 
L56 
4.83 
6.47 
3.08 


0.08 
8.96 
7.60 
.99 
2.12 
6.30 
1.69 
2.23 
8.50 
3.03 
6.45 


8.36 
14.27 
3.97 
15.35 
4.36 
8.98 
3.60 
2.35 
4.18 
3.14 
4.37 


18.25 
49.08 
40.41 
47.08 
42.96 
39.20 
15.66 
29.80 
37.75 
33.07 
50.75 


11-year mean 


























36.72 































"Year incomplete. 

Record of precipitation at Sims, Shasta County. 

[Latitude, 41° 05'; longitude, 122° 21'; elevation, 1,387 feet. Authority, Pacific Railway System.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1887-88 














4.74 


LOO 
1.87 
5.53 


3.53 
3.55 
2.64 


4.37 
2.73 
.65 


0.14 









«12.78 


1888-89. 


0.10 





28.57 


13.33 


9.21 

19.85 


0.42 
17.84 




rtl7.88 


1889-90.. 


18.30 


19.83 


126.53 


1890-91 


1.44 








8.80 


4.01 


5.29 


2.85 


6.03 


4.36 


2.17 


.40 





35.35 


1891-92 


L50 


4.08 


3.51 


7.36 


1.12 


4.39 


8.81 


8.39 


7.27 


.74 


.19 





47.36 


1893-93.. 


1.24 


L64 


13.39 


26.93 


3.50 


4.39 


8.94 


9.67 


4.57 


T. 








74.26 


1893-94.. 








3.48 


10.98 


4.40 


6.37 


1.00 


3.42 


2.52 


T. 


0.36 


33.53 


1894-95. 


2.80 


L65 






















4.45 


























4-year mean 


























70.88 































a Year incomplete. 



IjTPPINOOTT.] 



RAINFALL TABLES. 



469 



Record of precipitation at Coles, Siskiyou County. 
[Latitude, 42° (X)'; longitude, 122° 39'; elevation, 2,905 feet. Authority, Pacific Railway System.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1887-88 














1.21 
2.20 


0.24 
.96 


1.90 

2.74 


2.79 
.10 


0.85 


T. 


a 6. 99 


1888-89 


0.85 





1.43 


1.82 




0.15 


a 9. 75 











« Year incomplete. 

Record of precipitation at Dunsmuir, Siskiyou County. 

[Latitude, 41° 12'; longitude, 122° 16'; elevation, 2,285 feet. Authority, Pacific Railway System.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1888-89.. 

1889-90 

1890-91 

1891-92 

1892-98 

1893-94 

1894^95 

1895-96. 

1896-97 

1897-98 

1898-99 

1899-1900 

1900-1901 

1901-2 





0.90 
1.52 

.05 
3.27 

.20 
5. 75' 
1.46 



.53 

T. 
1.20 





20.15 


2.13 
2.68 
L15 
9.65 

.05 


2.78 
1.71 
7.10 
6.13 




6.83 

11.65 


2.82 
7.47 

1L35 
2.90 
1.40 

11.07 
4.84 
2.98 

15.29 
7.16 

10.88 


2.95 

20.57 
8.05 
9.65 

14.03 
5.08 

29.30 
4.89 

13. 94 
4.98 

11.43 
7.40 
8.29 
5.06 


0.30 
23.60 
.55 
3.41 
3.65 
17.53 
15.30 
22.25 
4.08 
9.76 
6.80 
9.93 
8.93 
2.69 


0.33 
16.50 
2.59 
8.81 
6.40 
7.60 
6.50 
1.54 
10.63 
10.62 
.50 
3.32 
6.90 
29.40 


4.39 

11.85 
2.70 
5.30 

18.30 
6.05 
8.15 

10.23 
6.33 


10.31 
6.27 
L92 
3.76 


2.43 
11.85 
4.95 
5.48 
8.75 
L70 
3.55 
11.43 
1.02 
L20 
.48 
4.85 
2.58 
1.21 


7.08 
2.45 
3.07 
8.96 
4.06 
4.35 
4.40 
6.23 

.14 
4.20 
L60 
3.18 

T. 
L74 


1.12 

.40 
2.88 
1.22 


2.10 



.17 
2.85 
1.50 
1.90 

.90 









0.67 

.35 

.20 


1.55 

.84 











T. 




0.07 








.90 
T. 

.05 


25.41 
119.02 
26.43 
37.65 
60.59 
60.18 
80.50 
63.77 
51.02 
39.38 
39.14 
58. 24 
43.11 
54.79 




























54.23 































Record of precipitation at Edgeivood, Siskiyou County. 
[Latitude, 41° 28'; longitude, 122° 23'; elevation, 2,955 feet. Authority, Pacific Railway System.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1888-89 

1889-90 

1890-91 

1891-92 

1892-93 

1898-94 

189^95 

1895-9G 

1896-97 

1897-98 

1898-99 

1899-1900 

1900-1901 

1901-2 


0.89 


1.05 

.84 

.58 
1.51 

.69 
1.59 

.71 



T. 



.68 
1.16 


0.15 

7.80 
.22 
.43 

L07 
.76 

1.75 
.05 
.40 

1.27 
.78 

1.87 

4.97 



2.00 
2.35 



.20 
5.35 
2.65 

.82 

.75 
3.45 
1.90 
1.51 
3.79 

.91 
2.28 


0.75 
5.80 
8.00 
2.80 
7.88 

.85 
9.55 

.51 
5.16 
2.68 


2.21 

2.24 


0.80 
5.60 
.55 
.15 
.95 
5.13 
4.56 
6.64 
1.18 
.90 


8.37 
1.00 
.37 


0.10 
5.90 
2.45 
.12 
.20 
.50 
.36 
.30 
1.63 
4.75 
.52 
.91 
8.21 
7.88 


8.43 
5.04 

.18 
2.67 
2.90 
1.88 
2.84 
2.68 
1.85 

.17 
1.67 
1.85 
• .18 
2.48 


0.69 
.70 

1.96 
.86 

3.48 
.15 
.08 

4.66 
.15 

1.64 
.19 

2.25 

1.02 

3.47 


2.80 
l.GO 
2.04 
L63 

.95 
3.56 

.73 
1.35 
2.03 
2.49 
1.72 
L58 

.98 

.97 


0.11 
1.72 
1.45 
.69 
.80 


.42 

1.78 
.51 
.29 
.85 

.10 


0.33 


.67 
.80 
.66 



.07 




.11 
.48 
.82 



0.45 
.05 



.46 
.94 
.77 
.85 
.99 
.43 
.28 
.65 
.86 


16.05 
36.46 
13.62 
1L19 
24.33 
18.12 
23.33 
19.79 
18.69 
17.30 
7.10 
19.03 
16.85 
32.11 


14-year mean 
























18 78 





























470 



CALIFORNIA HYDROGRAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



Record of precipitation at Fort Jones, Siskiyou County. 
[Latitude, 41° 35'; longitu.de, 122° 51'; elevation, 2,570 feet. Authority, U. S. "War Department.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1852-53 










3.78 
.54 


1.38 
2.62 


3.39 

.75 


1.02 
1.99 


1.17 

.21 


0.41 
.63 


0.13 

.20 


0.21 


a 11. 28 


1853-54 


0.20 


0.48 


4.47 


1.19 


13.49 


1854-55 





4.18 


.48 


1.13 


1.58 


3.83 


5.24 


1.50 


.87 


.08 








18.89 


185S^6 


.20 


1.40 


■1.77 


6.47 


1.59 


.42 


1.18 


1.84 


2.77 


.60 





.20 


18.44 


1856-57 





.13 


1.78 


8.93 


3.62 


7.59 


2.35 





.69 


1.86 








26.95 


1857-58 


.60 


.80 


4.47 


4.24 


6.15 


8.78 


3.69 


1.15 


1.55 


.60 








32.03 




























21.96 































"Year incomplete. 
Record of precipitation at Hornhrook, Siskiyou County. 



[Latitude, 41 


° 50'; longitude, 122° 50'; elevation, 2,154 feet. 


Authority, Pacific 


Railway System.] 


Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1887-88 

1888-89 

1889-90 

1890-91 

1891-92 

1892-93 

189^-94 

1894-95 

1895-96 

1896-97 

1897-98 

1898-99. 

1899-1900 

1900-1901 

1901-2 


0.15 
.32 





.55 

.45 

.80 



.55 

.58 


.28 





1.10 


0.12 


1.95 



.65 

.68 
1.60 
1.30 


2.02 

.60 
1.45 
1.27 
3.81 

.70 


0.92 
2.57 
2.93 



.70 
2.65 
4.17 

.70 

.60 
6.04 
4.48 
3.02 
4.66 
3.96 
1.17 


2.58 
2.94 
2.92 
1.90 
4.55 
3.98 
3.33 
2.30 
2.95 
5.85 
3.18 

.77 
2.80 
3.13 

.93 


1.16 
.60 
6.00 
.35 
.70 
1.05 
3.20 
2.40 
6.30 
.85 
2.95 
2.17 
3.24 
3.60 



1.08 
.10 
9.91 
2.99 

.ao 

1.15 
.70 
.20 
.90 

2.10 
.10 
.63 
.02 

2.13 

4.96 


0.61 

2.07 
.70 
.67 

1.40 
.30 

1.50 

2.47 
.80 


3.90 
6.10 
.10 
.55 


T. 
0.43 

.20 

.90 
1.50 
1.50 



.20 
2.00 

.40 





.57 


1.11 


2.58 
2.34 

.: 

.50 
1.20 
3.78 
1.20 
1.80 


.81 
.10 
.46 
.13 
1.27 


2.74 



.60 
1.60 

.60 

T. 
1.12 
1.50 







.10 

.55 



.51 


0.15 


.85 
.35 


.95 


.60 
,80 





T. 


0.17 


.46 





.60 
.57 



T. 


.10 
.60 


12.26 
11.37 
26.96 
11.16 
11.50 
13.91 
20.20 
13.69 
18.94 
18.64 
12.12 
12.42 
19.67 
16.96 
12.90 


15-year mean 


























15.51 































Record of precipitation at Montague, Siskiyou County. 
{Latitude, 41° 44'; longitude, 122° 31'; elevation, 3,542 feet. Authority, Pacific Railway System.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1888-89 

1889-90 

1890-91 

1891-92. 

1892-93 - 

1893-94 

1894.-95 

1895-96 - 

1896-97 

1897-98 

1898-99 

1899-1900 


0.61 


.90 
.15 



.72 



.44 










0.16 
3.20 



.20 



.44 
1.00 







.16 

.90 


0.98 
L60 



.35 
L25 
3.05 

.54 

.56 
•2.25 

.76 
2.18 
3.15 


0.30 
3.74 
1.40 
1.83 
2.21 
2.34 
1.75 
L58 
L43 
L63 
.20 
2.95 


0.50 
3.70 
.70 
.10 
.51 
2.72 
2.25 
3.40 
1.49 
.30 
.72 


0.04 
6.05 
2.33 
T. 
1.88 
2.13 
.55 
.40 
2.66 
1.63 
.22 


L78 
3.60 

.75 
.75 
.87 

2.28 
.40 

1.49 

1.35 
.10 

1.50 


0.55 
.33 
.45 

.40 
1.75 
.05 


.81 


.20 


L70 
.83 

1.74 

1.40 
.44 

2.50 
.81 
.96 


.80 
.60 


0.60 
L15 
1.25 




1.04 




1.11 



.53 





.45 
.35 



T. 







0.35 






.48 


.56 


7.22 
24.54 
9.97 
5.53 
8.91 
17.27 
7.30 
10.12 
10.29 
5.22 
6.87 
"7.00 






















11-year mean 


























10.29 


















! 











" Year incomplete. 



LIPPINCOTT.] 



KAINFALL TABLES. 



471 



Record of precipitation at Scott Valley, Siskiyou County. 
[Latitude, 41° 45'; longitude, 123° 02'; elevation, 2,570 feet. Authority, Isaac Titcomb.] 



Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. 



June. July. Aug. Total, 



1858-59- . 
1859-60. . 
1860-61-. 
1861-62. . 
1862-63. . 
1863-64. . 
1864-65. . 
1865-66. . 
1866-67. . 



1869-70. . 
1870-71. . 

1871-72. . 
1872-73. . 
1873-74.. 
1874-75.. 
1875-76-. 
1876-77- . 
1877-78-. 
1878-79-. 
1879^80-. 
1880-81- . 
1881-82-. 
1882-83. . 
1883-84. . 
1884-05-. 
1885-86.. 
1886-87.. 
1887-88-. 



0.87 
.49 


.02 
.40 
.04 

1.15 


.40 
.06 

1.00 
.01 
.37 
.41 
.37 



1.02 
.01 
.36 
.11 

.76 

1.44 



1.00 
2.22 
.51 
.15 
.25 
.31 
1.33 
.08 
.88 
.50 
.01 
.03 
.05 
.16 
.94 
1.55 
4.45 
3. 75 
.45 
2.81 
.81 
.18 
3.53 
2.86 
2.41 
1.04 
.53 
1.85 
.09 
.40 
3.95 



4.33 
2.00 
11.56 

.12 
1.85 
6.00 
9.79 
2.51 
1.75 

.77 
3.04 
1.00 
1.62 
2.67 
1.71 
4.33 
7.31 

.54 

.67 
2.16 
4.64 

.32 
2.40 
2.72 
1.11 

.16 
10.24 

.78 
L75 
1.94 
3.37 



0.75 
5.74 

10.63 
1.90 
6.17 

12.75 
1.21 

11.75 
9.68 
2.80 
3.56 
3.50 
7.68 
3.38 
4.49 
.43 
7.33 
.01 
1.62 
1.14 
4.58 
6.76 



8.18 
3.26 
6.67 
5.88 
1.59 
12.84 



2.59 
1.12 



4.75 
2.07 



9.12 
3.06 
5.76 
5.00 
1.86 
4.18 
1.33 
6.38 
3.13 
2.26 
1.71 
9.72 
3.25 
10.62 
13.95 
4.48 
2.58 
4.28 
2.50 
7.22 
5.18 
6.18 
2.71 
21.81 



1.25 
2.50 
3.75 
1.75 

.43 
2.40 
3.50 
2.02 
1.50 
1.13 
2.91 
2.47 
6.94 
3.00 
1.80 

.17 
3.33 
4.23 
6.53 
3.54 
2.32 
6.53 
5.69 
1.51 
3.14 
3.49 
1.32 
4.96 
L77 

.50 
11.10 



4.12 
2.50 
•1.32 
2.45 



.64 
3.70 
1.32 
1.73 
L62 
1.40 
1.05 
3.65 
1.79 
3.94 
3.10 
3.74 



.79 
2.22 
1.11 
3.45 

.11 
1.32 
1.07 
2.43 
4.35 



0.75 
3.00 
2.00 
2.00 
2.70 

.32 

.02 
1.34 
1.14 
3.61 
1.37 
2.27 

.34 
1.50 
1.55 

.35 

.71 
1.23 

.27 
2.66 
5.39 
1.19 
2.45 
3.25 
3.06 
1.98 
3.23 
2.63 

.18 
2.56 



2.00 
.54 
1.00 
.40 
.51 
.05 
1.72 
.41 
.18 
1.52 
1.12 
.55 
.25 
.27 
.71 
.75 
L19 
1.48 
.20 
1.40 
1.32 
.17 
L29 
2.65 
1.65 
1.40 
1.77 
.94 
1.80 
4.71 



1.93 
.31 
.75 
.62 
.04 

1.06 



.03 
.03 
.13 
.12 

.18 
.71 
.12 
.27 
.02 
1.04 
.08 




4.21 
.19 



1.62 


.10 
.25 


.35 
.50 



.13 


.35 
.01 
.03 
.01 
.38 
.34 
.12 
.01 
.38 
.37 
.54 
2.49 
.40 
1.62 
1.16 
2.13 
.37 
.60 
1.11 



0.50 
.24 



.09 
.63 



.26 





.01 
.05 
.09 
.05 
1.50 
.02 
.06 
.47 
.07 
.04 


.63 
.01 
.01 
.85 
.18 
.11 




30-year mean 



«0.50 
20.02 
20.41 
40.96 
15.81 
16.14 
26.16 
36.10 
28.17 
23.35 
18.29 
19.87 
13.91 
22.88 
13.88 
21.83 
13.05 
32.54 
17.93 



32.90 
31.51 
29.99 
22.90 
27.01 
22.03 
32.73 
24.99 
25.36 
20.64 
f53.07 
24.05 



a Year incomplete. 

Record of precipitation at Sissons, Siskiyou County. 

[Latitude, 41° 27'; longitude, 122° 25'; elevation, 3,555 feet. Authority, Pacific Railway System.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1881-82 

1882-83 

1888-89-- 

1889-90-- 

1890-91.. 

1891-92 

1892-93 

1893-94 

1894-95 

1895-96. 

1896-97 


0.99 
1.19 

.40 


1.20 

.32 
1.71 

.68 

.99 
4.65 


2.53 
4.44 
3.70 
16.45 
.13 
.30 
1.03 
.61 
3.65 
3.70 


3.34 
3.20 
2.17 
5.80 



.35 
8.75 
4.25 
1.70 

.70 


8.54 
L65 
2.91 

16.13 
3.18 

11.20 
9.57 
2.87 

11.13 
4.31 


6.35 
.99 
.60 

5.69 
.40 

2.34 

3.10 
10.72 

9.12 
21.09 

2.59 


5.55 

8.64 
11.97 

1.83 


2.90 
LIO 

.40 
9.33 
7.17 

.66 
2.80 
2.60 
L24 

.21 
4.86 
10.45 
L03 
L04 
8.99 
21.73 


L74 

10.15 

16.27 

5.30 

.61 

4.19 

2.77 

3.45 

3.84 

4.16 

.43 

4.70 

2.98 

9.92 

.62 

4.14 


L65 
6.15 

.63 
2.98 
3.64 
5.38 
2.60 

.70 
1.27 
3.55 

.53 
1.05 

.23 
3.49 
2.73 
5.08 


0.60 


2.40 
2.75 
2.65 
3.74 
2.66 
2.85 
2.05 
3.02 


6.13 
1.32 
2.05 

.95 
2.87 





0.23 
.44 
.44 
.39 
.03 

2.25 


.15 

L03 
.89 

1.24 

T. 






0.60 




.55 
.13 


.13 


26 
.38 



















0.31 




1.32 

.16 

.36 
4.16 


28.64 
28.87 
29.71 
64.87 
20.02 
28.87 
35.02 
30.98 
35.54 
45.83 
a 8. 56 


1897-98 

1898-99. 

1899-1900 

1900-1901 

1901-2 






.67 
2.08 


2.31 


4.01 
10.76 
1.93 


2.62 
L70 
10.83 
4.52 
6.58 


3.72 
2.10 
5.67 
3.80 

2. 77 


32.14 
17.12 
47.05 
45.63 
53.55 


15-year mean 


























36.26 








1 





















« Year incomplete. 



472 



OALIFOENIA HYDROGRAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



Record of precipitation at Walla Walla Creek, Siskiyou County. 
[Latittide, 41° 42'; longitude, 123° 55; elevation, 3,000 feet. Authority, S. Titcomb.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1888 89-- ... 










1.86 
11.86 
1.70 
2.38 


0.25 
9.10 
6.13 
.47 


3.85 
4.93 
2.03 
2.39 


1.66 
1.24 
1.11 
2.94 


3.46 
1.29 

3.28 
1.29 


0.19 

.28 
.99 
.76 


1.11 


.22 
.35 




0.85 

.40 




013.38 


1889-90 

1890-91 - 

1891-92 

189^93 



1.84 
1.18 

.82 


8.95 
.10 
.39 


3.37 
.19 
1.10 


8.09 
3.85 
13.40 


44.96 
21.84 
25.65 

rt 82 




























3-year mean - 


























30.82 





























« Year incomplete. 

Record of precipitation at Yreka, Siskiyou County. 

[Latitude, 41° 45'; longitude, 122° 32'; elevation, 2,635 feet. Authority, Dr. L. Antervinth]. 



Year. 



Sept. Oct, 



Nov. 



Dec. 



Jan. 



Feb. 



Mar. 



Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Total. 



1871-72- . 
1872-73. . 
1873-74- . 

1874-75- . 
1875-76- . 
1876-77.. 
1877-78- . 
1878-79. . 
1879-80-. 
1880-81-. 
1881-82- . 
1882-83- . 
1883-84- . 
1884-85- . 
1885-86. . 
1886-87- . 
1887-^8. . 
1888-89- . 



1890-91.. 
1891-92- . 
1893-93- - 
1893-94. . 
1894-95. . 
1895-96- . 
1896-97.. 
1897-98-. 



1899-1900. . 
1900-1901- . 
1901-3 



0.33 
.25 
.44 



.90 
.90 
.25 
.25 


.30 
.90 
.33 
.33 
.49 


.21 
.87 




I 



1.34 

1.55 

.55 

1.29 

3.34 

3.05 

.30 

.45 

.77 

.13 

3.34 

1.88 

1.35 



.29 



.34 
3.53 



1.98 
1.43 
1.17 
2.16 
5.29 

.43 
3.84 
1.15 
2.33 

.10 



2.98 
.30 
1.04 
1.13 
3.23 



2.61 
3.92 
3.20 


6.07 
.26 
.95 
.45 
7.23 
2.42 
1.60 
2.09 
2.95 
6.19 
3.10 
4.14 
1.99 


4.08 



3.78 
4.35 
3.00 
1.20 
6.12 
1.53 
2.43 
11.78 
1.81 
1.38 
2.10 
1.16 
4.03 
3.21 
4.90 
1.30 
3.59 



.43 
.05 
.54 
1.60 
T. 



.51 
2.34 
3.66 
1.28 



2.20 
3.37 

7.83 
.57 
.86 
5.03 
2.94 
3.74 
5.00 
3.00 
1.81 



3.93 
3.64 
3.11 
5.40 
4.31 
3.70 
3.76 
1.04 
3.80 
3.33 
3.09 



1.65 
1.20 
7.59 
5.30 
7.37 
.43 
.83 
3.75 
1.35 
8.13 



1.91 
1.77 
1.62 

.19 
1.93 
3.24 
3.91 
1.41 

.61 
2.58 
1.96 

.47 
1.20 
2.94 

.91 
3.01 
1.19 
1.30 
8.89 
3.59 

.15 
2.53 
3.33 
1.03 
1.08 
3.89 
1.44 
1.95 
3.13 
3.86 
6.68 



■year mean 16.88 



1.67 
.40 
1.49 
1.49 
3.07 
1.48 
3.80 
3.96 
1.20 
.19 
.42 
.53 
2.34 


.74 
.41 
1.16 
2.13 
3.09 
1.15 
1.03 
1.53 
3.33 
3.36 
1.89 
3.18 
.42 
1.77 
1.12 
.98 
1.53 



2.04 
.90 
.74 
.17 
.42 
.74 
.37 
1.56 
3.33 
.48 
1.30 
1.36 
1.41 
1.13 
1.78 
3.35 
.11 
1.33 



0.44 

.60 

.34 

.51 

.65 

1.56 

.56 

1.43 

.41 



1.03 

1.76 

1.40 

3.65 

1.05 

1.42 

1.13 

1.70 






0.44 

.30 

.30 

.65 



.39 

.15 
1.28 




1.78 
1.66 



.84 
3.39 

.10 



0.14 



.07 
.83 
.18 
.75 
.33 



.38 

1.33 
.58 

1.51 

1.38 







0.19 



.15 




.25 
.51 


.15 
.81 





1.03 

3.10 
.10 
.81 

2.28 
.39 
.48 
.21 
.43 
.40 

1.21 



1.48 

1.30 

.87 

3.31 

1.59 

3.75 

.58 

3.08 

.63 

.37 

.53 



1.36 

.87 

.82 

.70 



.81 

1.51 
.10 
.61 

1.36 

.03 



16.19 
12.10 
12.77 
10.53 
23.48 
18.69 
20.40 
12.94 
17. CO 
IS. 91 
12.23 
12.74 
17.36 
18.43 
10.03 
18.96 
14.35 
11.13 
«35.41 
n8.92 
13.59 
16.88 
81.03 
19.68 
38.91 
19.30 
13.92 
12.49 
19.31 
33.16 
18.54 



a Year incomplete. 



LIPPINCOTT.] 



EAINFALL TABLES. 



473 



Record of precipitation at Weaverville, Trinity County. 
[Latitude, 40° 48'; longitude, 12'S° 35'; elevation, 2,163 feet. Authority, George E. Noonan.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


N"ov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1869-70 

1870-71 

1871-72 

1872-73 

1873-74 

1874-75 

1875-76. _ 

1876-77 

1877-78 

1878-79 

1879-80 

1880-81 

1881-82 

1882-83 

1883-^4 

1884-85 

1885-86 


1.06 
.64 
.29 
.C5 

L80 



.07 


1.28 

.03 



.93 
1.38 

.88 

.44 


1.03 
L39 

.40 

.78 
4.39 
L57 
2.82 
7.38 
1.83 
L80 
2.08 

.55 
3.77 
8.36 
2.45 

.11 


. 8.01 
0.41 

11.50 
3.01 
4.02 

10.30 

15.39 
L50 
8.72 
3.58 
8.09 
L49 
3.58 
.78 
1.50 

16.56 


6.15 
9.43 
3.53 
6.33 
9.57 
1.32 
11.94 
.29 
6.50 
4.91 
13.20 
14.14 
8.00 
5.05 
4.97 
6.78 


10.11 
8:16 

19.62 
6.51 

15.40 
6.59 
9.69 
6.27 

19.83 
2.02 
6.64 

18.61 
4.19 
4.46 
8.81 
3.68 
8.71 


9.64 
11.19 
15.09 
4.29 
4.41 
.46 
9.49 
6.24 
16.20 
6.48 
2.59 
11.05 
6.90 
L50 
3.56 
3.70 
.80 


2.05 
3.02 
3.11 
3.78 
3.12 
3.14 
8.23 
4.53 
8.53 
12.84 
4.72 
1.31 
3.62 
3.34 
5.10 
.15 
2.94 


L06 
1.73 
2.43 

.50 
3.58 

.19 
3.79 
2.26 
2.42 
4.05 
10.78 
3.13 
2.44 
5.00 
6.39 
3.78 


0.33 
1.03 
.84 
.27 
3.67 
1.33 
1.63 
1.62 
1.07 
4.03 
L46 
I.IS 
L29 
3.73 
1.60 
.51 




0.14 
.17 


.70 
.93 
.15 

1.73 
.07 
.68 
.23 
.99 



3.93 

1.41 








0.47 
.03 
.03 
.03 
.38 




.13 





0.25 





.31 
.03 
.03 
.36 







39.33 
43.14 
57.22 
24.81 
49.66 
24.73 
63.60 
33.70 
65.22 
41.71 
50.56 
53.32 
33.72 
33.49 
38.23 
36.13 
a 13. 45 
























16-year mean 
1893-94 


























42.85 










11.47 


5.02 


4.60 




3.33 








" 33. 31 














1 





« Year incomplete. 

Record of precipitation at Milo, Tulare County. 

[Latitude, 36° 15'; longitude, 118° 50'; elevation, 3,300 feet. Authority, Henry Murphy.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1900-1901 

1901-3 


0. 51 


i.{;o 


1.47 


0.37 


5. 74 
1.00 


4.06 
6.47 


i.as 

4.33 


3. 45 
1.69 


3.36 
.54 







T. 






a 16. 94 
18.08 



« Year incomplete . 

Record of precipitation at Mountain Home, Tidare County. 

[Latitude, 36° 10'; longitude, 118° 48'; elevation, 6,680 feet. Authority, Fred MoUer and N. T. 

Bailey.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1895-96 










14.36 
5.70 


0.84 
7.45 


8.93 
6.07 


8.63 
.40 


1.30 

L85 


3.70 
.30 


0.65 


0.50 


a 37. 91 


1896-97 




0.60 
3.45 


0.40 
.73 


1.95 
3.31 


.26: 


a 34. 87 


1897-9« 


0.10 


a 6. 59 
















1 





a Year incoraplete. 



474 



CALIFOENIA HYDROGRAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



Record of precipitation at Porterville, Tulare County. 

[Latitude, 36°; longitude, 119°; elevation, 461 feet. Authority, Southei-n Pacific Company, M.F. 
Murphy, agent.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1893-93 






0.54 
.07 
.04 

1.71 
.94 
.50 
.27 
.88 

3.44 
.71 


2.43 
.61 

3.13 
.51 
.93 
.89 
.35 
.91 
.30 

T. 


0.83 
1.52 
3.82 
1.61 
1.96 

.75 
1.01 

.97 
2.74 

.84 


1.85 
.83 

1.54 

T. 

2.46 

1.55 
.17 
.16 

1.78 

2.96 


3.68 
.70 

1.10 
.67 

2.00 
.68 

2.92 
.89 
.30 

2.28 


0.27 
.32 
.41 
.82 
.30 


.19 
1.94 
2.19 
1.53 



0.42 
.35 
.13 
.42 
.55 
.10 
2.41 
1.97 
.15 



1.09 





.85 











.69 







T. 



T. 









T. 


T. 



a9 60 


1893-94 

1894-95 

1895-96 

1896-97 

1897-98 

1898-99 

1899-1900 

1900-1901..... 
1901-2 



0.43 






2.10 


T. 

.41 




.15 
.23 
.65 

1.19 


1.08 
.04 
.45 


5.56 
10.97 
6.37 
9.66 
6.11 
7.96 
9.24 
12.76 
9.33 


10-year mean 


























8 76 































a Year incomplete. 

Record of precipitation at Crocker s {Sequoia post-office) , Tuolumne County. 
[Latitude, 37° 50'; longitude, 119° 53'; elevation, 4,452 feet. Authoi"ity, H. R. Crocker.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1895-96 
























3.10 





.11 


a 3. 10 


1896-97 

1897-98. 

1898-99 

1899-1900 

1900-1901 

1901-2 


0.14 
.45 

1.58 



.62 
3.28 


2.30 
6.09 

L87 

n.50 

9.71 
4.59 


9.18 
2.70 
1.85 
7.45 
17.43 
3.90 


5.41 
3.80 
2.12 
12.18 
L39 
2.50 


6.56 

2.60 
11.72 

5.98 
16.99 

2.33 


15.97 
7.15 
L80 
1.18 
15.71 
15.03 


21.80 
3.74 
18.09 
&4.28 
3.03 
8.55 


L33 
LIO 
1.60 
3.56 
6.35 
6.54 



3.74 

.15 
1.80 
3.81 
L80 


0.75 


L65 

.47 














63.44 
3L37 
43.43 
48.40 
75.04 
48.63 


6-year mean. 


























51.55 































« Year incomplete. 



h March, 1900, violent hailstorm. 



Record of precipitation at Bering Creek {30 miles east of Sonora) , Tuolumne 

County. 

[Latitude, 38° 00'; longitude, 119° 40'; elevation, 7,000 feet.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar^ 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1898-99.. 




L85 


2.88 


2.78 


9.95 


2.77 


17.08 


0.12 










a 37. 43 

















a Year incomplete. 



LIPPINCOTT.] 



RAINFALL TABLES. 



475 



Record of precipitation at Second Garotte, Tuolumne County. 
[Latitude, 37° 33' N.; longitude, 120° 34'; elevation, 2,714 feet. Authority, J. P. Chamberlain.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1882-83 








1.25 
8.00 
4.00 
10.00 
1.00 
7.75 
.50 
15.00 
2.00 
2.25 
6.00 
10.50 
13.00 
12.00 
4.00 
2.75 
6.76 
5.25 
11.00 
1.25 


4.52 

14.00 

1.00 

13.75 
1.50 
1.00 
6.75 

14.00 
3.25 
7.25 

10.75 
4.25 


10.75 
6.00 
1.00 
1.25 

17.75 

11.75 


8.27 

16.00 



5.50 
1.25 
3.00 
9.75 
7.25 
5.00 
7.00 
11.25 
2.25 
8.75 
5.55 
9.01 
2.50 
14.00 
3.75 
1.25 
4. 75 


2.00 
9.00 
1.50 
6.25 
5.50 
1.25 
.50 
2.00 
3.50 
2.00 
2.50 
1.25 
2.00 
7.25 
.53 
.25 
.53 
4.00 
4.00 
3.25 


3.50 
1.00 



.50 


1.25 
5.75 
1.75 

.25 
6.25 


3.75 
1.50 

.25 

T. 
2.50 
1.00 
1.50 
1.00 
1.00 



1.48 
3.50 





.25 










1.00 





T. 



T. 























T. 


<^ 










.25 





2.50 







a 19. 54 


1883-84 

1884-85 

1885-86 

188&-87 

1887-88 

1888-89....... 

1889-90 

1890-91.. 

1891-92 

1892-93 

1893-94 

1894-95 

1895-96.. 

1896-97 

1897-98 

1898-99 

1899-1900 

1900-1901 

1901 2 


0.63 



.25 


1.00 

.50 


2.27 



.25 

.50 
2.00 





T. 
2.00 



.25 
2.25 


0.75 
2.00 


1.00 




6.50 



.25 
1.25 

.25 
2.00 


3.00 
2.75 
1.50 
6.72 
5.00 
2.25 


0.75 


18.00 
1.75 
2.00 
5.00 
5.75 




10.00 
3.00 

.50 
1.75 
6.00 
1.00 
1.50 
6.75 
14.00 
2.00 


1.00 

18.50 
5.00 
2.75 
7.00 
4.25 

32.00 
9.00 

11.25 
8.75 
4.00 

18.00 
2.75 
4.50 
2.50 
1.00 
6.00 
1.50 
2.00 


52.61 
29.60 
46.50 
27. CO 
25. CO 
27.25 

■67.25 
36.02 
32.25 
47.25 
37.;i5 
52. CO 
32.05 
37. 79 
20.25 
29.29 
35.22 
55.75 

a 30. 50 












18-year mean 


























38.35 






























« Year incomplete. 

Record of precipitation at Sonora, Tuolumne County. 

[Latitude, 37° 58'; longitude, 120° 22'; elevation, 1,900 feet. Authority,* John Shaw.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1887-88 

188a-89 

1889-90.- 

1890-91 

1891-92 

1892-93 

1893-94 

1894-95 

1895-96 

1896-97 

1897-98 

1898-99 

1899-1900 

1900-1901 

1901-2 - 


0.64 
.54 


1.69 
.36 
.38 
.53 

1.21 
.61 
.25 
.10 
.87 

.14 

2.42 





6.83 

.09 

.37 
1.88 

.35 
4.74 

.21 
2.85 
3.35 

.84 
6.90 
5.10 
1.81 


0.70 
4.45 
7.04 

.10 

.08 
10.28 
3.39 



.75 
6.74 
2.15 
1.51 
7.02 
10.29 
3.15 


5.76 
5.04 
18.25 
10.23 
9.10 
6.52 
3.87 
14.53 
2.51 
3.97 
2.53 
2.64 
5.38 
2.05 
2.40 


7.92 
.88 
13.59 
L74 
L69 
4.88 
8.76 
11.19 
10.80 
3.31 
1.71 
6.99 
3.20 
9.04 
L35 


1.32 
1.75 
9.37 
9.60 
4.20 
5.93 

n.46 
4.62 

' .49 

11.89 
5.79 
.42 
1.37 

12.89 
7.86 


3.91 
7.22 
7.40 
3.79 
6.40 

ILll 
2.39 
4.01 
5.00 
8.37 
1.96 

14.03 
2.75 
1.26 
5.53 


0.25 
.96 
2.66 
3.77 
2.93 
2.51 
1.32 
3.25 
8.65 
.29 
.60 
1.08 
4.38 
4.73 
2.45 


L02 
4.77 
2.35 

.60 
5.18 

.27 
3.96 
2.40 
1.14 

.25 
2.70 
2.18 
2.01 
L18 
1.44 


0.23 
.05 


.68 
.09 


1.48 



.31 
.15 

2.17 
.20 
.07 









T. 

0.40 














T. 

0.02 



.61 



.08 
.03 
.04 
.01 


31.75 
35.66 
67.39 
32.29 
30.40 
43.76 
37.53 
45.95 
31.17 
38.23 
21.04 
32.81 
33.14 
46.79 
28.42 


15-year mean 


























85.76 





























476 



CALIFORNIA HYDEOGRAPHY. 



[NO. 81. 



Record of precipitation at Frazier7riine, Ventura County. 
[Latitude, 34° 45'; longitude, 118° 00'; elevation, 8,0(X) feet. Authority, Harry C. Porter.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1894-95 


















0.40 
1.03 

.28 








0.15 
.02 



3.73 

.48 


a 0.40 


1895-96 

1896-97 

1897-98 - . 






0.33 


0.30 
1.47 
1.00 


0.90 
.73 
T. 


0.68 
4.07 
1.35 


2.94 

7.37 



6.33 


3.12 
4.05 


2.22 
.16 


15.07 
24.96 
«2.68 


1898 99 












0.60 


•0 




a 60 


















































20.02 































"Year incomplete. 

Record of precipitation at Mutah Flat, Ventura County. 

[Latitude, 34° 38'; longitude, 119° 03'; elevation, 4,850 feet. Authority, Burt Snedden GriflEen.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1893-94 

1894-95 

1895-96 

1896-97 

1897-98. 

1898-99 

1899-1900 

1900-1901 

1901 2 


0.22 








1.80 








1.70 
.85 
.65 

1.75 

1.75 


2.00 


2.85 






1.60 
1.50 





L30 
5.10 

.65 


4.10 
7.33 
1.10 
2.80 

.15 

.30 
2.25 






0.54 
9.80 
4.58 
9.10 

.60 
2.25 
2.80 
7.00 

.75 


1.41 

.78 



3.50 
LOO 





4.60 
3.23 


0.30 
2.95 
4.79 
3.59 

.80 
2.50 
1.95 

.25 
2.80 


0.13 


3.50 





.50 

.40 
1.10 
1.41 


0.79 



.52 



.60 


L80 

.58 








0.40 








0.30 
.30 


















9.19 
21.71 
17.04 
22.54 
5.30 
7.35 
12.50 
18.63 
11.69 
































13.99 































Record of precipitation at Nordhoff, Ventura County. 

[Latitude, 34° 27'; longitude, 119° 08'; elevation, 1,200 feet. Authority, R. Robinson, J. W. Wolf, 
and H. Lathrop.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1886-87.. 





086 


LIO 


0.78 


0.22 


16.81 


0.44 


1.88 


0.18 




1 


«21.77 


1887 88 






L63 
5.96 


5.29 

7:23 


7.46 



L28 


5.47 


.54 


.26 








«21 93 


1888-89 













a 13. 18 


1890-91 






















aO 


:91-92 


0.25 





T. 


2.58 


.67 


3.75 


3.68 


.47 


L39 





11.79 


1892-93 





1.08 


I.a5 


8.75 


5.80 


3.64 


7.75 


.45 


T. 











28.82 


1893-94 





.61 


T. 


3.45 


.68 


.74 


.29 


.19 


.97 





0.03 





6.96 


1894-95 


.03 


.45 





6.39 


8.61 


.46 


3.66 


.39 














19.99 


1895-96.. 





.10 


L09 





5.78 





3.42 


L72 








.22 


T. 


12.33 


189&-97 





1.38 


L03 


3.00 


4.11 


7.16 


2.91 

















19.59 


1897-98 














.43 
2.71 




.27 
















a. 43 


1898-99 





.13 






3.98 




a 7. 09 


1899-1900 


























17.13 


1900-1901 


























36.37 


1901-2 


.25 


4.38 


i.» 





L37 


5.50 


4.13 


2.50 














19.38 


9-year mean 


























19.15 































a Year incomplete. 



LIPPINCOTT.] 



EAINFALL TABLES. 



477 



Record of precipitation at Smithes ranch, Ventura County. 



[Latitude, 34° 44'; longitude, 118° 47'; elevation, 4,000 feet. Authority, "William Smith, Grorman 

Station.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1898-99 










0.82 
1.20 
2.35 


LOO 

2.25 


1.45 
L12 
.10 




0.12 
.32 



0.75 
.45 
















0.95 


a 3. 27 


1899-1900 

1900-1901 

1901-2 



0.15 
.10 


0.95 

.25 


o.a5 

3.10 
.20 


o.a5 





5.14 
9.67 
«.55 






















2-year mean. 


























7.41 





























a Year incomplete. 

Record of precipitation at Snedden's ranch, Ventura County. 

[Latitude, 34° 41'; longitude, 119° 03'; elevation, 4,900 feet. Authority, Bui-t Snedden Griffin.] 



Year. 


Sept. Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. Aug. Total. 


1892-93 






















0.14 0.02 an ifi 


1893-94 

1894-95 

1895-96 

1896-97 

1897-98 

1898-99 

1899-1900 

1900-1901 

1901-2 


0.03 

.75 



.33 

.14 
L75 








0.72 



.16 
LIO 

.70 


1.50 


L75 






0.91 
L35 





.47 
4.52 
L75 


4.45 
6.99 
.55 
2.40 
.05 
.30 
.27 




1.31 
6.31 
3.47 
8.30 

.60 
2.&5 
1.40 
3.70 

.56 


0.65 

.49 


2.92 

.41 



T. 
3.80 
3.95 


0.45 
1.50 
5.02 
2.71 

.65 
1.50 
1.45 

.10 
L85 


0.16 
.11 

3.79 
.02 


.50 
.50 

LIO 
.50 


0.75 



.57 



.54 


1.40 

.47 








0.35 






1.15 

.25 T. 
.25 .20 




1 


9.67 
16.15 
14.72 
19.58 
3.44 
6.70 
6.99 
13.69 
9.36 


























11.14 





























« Year incomplete. 
Record of precipitation at Upper Lake, Ventura County. 

[Latitude, 34° 41'; longitude, 119° 03'; elevation, 4,900 feet. Authority, U. S. Weather Bureau.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. Feb 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1890-91 


























T. 

T. 

0.87 



T. 
.03 


T. 
.07 


oO 


1891-92 

1892-93 

1893-94 

1894-95 

1895-96.. 

1896-97.. 

1897-98 

1898-99 

1899-1900 

1900-1901 

1901-2 


0.95 
T. 
.85 
.53 
.46 
.42 
.08 
.60 

.03 

1.11 


0.62 
1.17 

.47 
2.05 

T. 
L04 
L67 
1.01 
3.49 
3.96 
1.09 


0.71 
3.50 
4.83 
1.13 
3.50 
5.07 
2.38 
1.66 
6.33 
5.08 
4.35 


7.35 
5.30 
2.82 
1L62 
5.30 
6.47 
2.61 
L34 
9.79 
3.63 
2.09 


3.93 
4.08 
10.43 
14.92 
11.18 
3.45 
.93 
8.16 
3.98 
6.44 
1.35 


2.50 
5.19 
6.21 
4.15 

.80 
6.35 
4.57 

.25 
L31 
4.75 
12.82 


3.18 
5.47 
1.80 
3.20 
2.39 
4.58 
.36 
5.59 
3.53 
L06 
3.87 


2.84 
2.37 
L46 
1.41 
6.01 
.42 
.43 
.90 
2.13 
2.43 
2.85 


3.71 
1.04 
1.02 
L39 
2.07 
.22 
1.90 
1.00 
.81 
.70 
1.60 


0.49 


1.12 



.97 
.58 
.05 
.35 






T. 

0.05 
T. 
.05 



T. 
T. 



26.28 
28.12 
31.01 
40.45 
32.58 
29.04 
15.51 
20.59 
31.72 
28.08 
3L20 


11-year mean 










1 












28.60 












1 






1 









a Year incomplete. 



478 CALIFORNIA HYBEOGRAPHY. [no. 81. 

Record of precipitation at Ventura, Ventura County. 
[Latitude, 34° 20'; longitude, 119° 20'; elevation, 50 feet. Authority, Mr. Saxby.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1873-74 

1874-75 

1875-76 

1876-77.- 

1877-78. 

1878-79. 

1879-80 

1880-Sl. 

1881-83 

1882-83 

1883-84 

1884-85. 

1885-86 

1886-87....... 

1887-88 

1888-89 

1889-90 

1890-91 

1891-92 

1892-93 

1893-94 

1894-95 










0.06 






.06 



.84 
.98 


.95 




0.50 




.34 
.57 
.25 

1.98 
.31 

1.00 
.38 
.03 
.02 
.02 
.04 

4.45 



.70 
.85 
.10 


0.50 
.75 

5.00 


3.65 


1.91 
.84 
.25 
.71 


.84 
.33 
.94 

2.71 

4.47 

2.85 
.40 


2.15 
.25 



4.50 



.25 





4.07 
4.98 
8.19 

.81 

.10 
4.46 
4.95 
1.03 

.64 
2.86 
4.39 
11.04 
2.69 
L75 
5.80 
2.04 
3.13 


3.75 
13.75 
7.75 
3.60 
4.10 
4.67 
L41 
2.47 

.60 
3.48 
7.38 
1.25 
6.16 

.20 
8.19 

.20 
5.01 

.45 
1.05 
3.17 

.81 
5.25 


4.75 
.12 
5.75 


8.51 

1.09 

7.63 

.18 

2.79 

2.35 

9.96 

.23 

.34 

11.08 

1.62 

1.46 

185 

7.12 

4.54 

3.02 

.50 

LOO 


1.00 

.12 
2.25 

.50 
1.45 

.23 
1.95 
L53 
4.20 
1.95 
9.44 
L58 
2.27 

.39 
4.51 
5.64 

.45 
3.10 

.29 
7.88 

.27 
3.17 







0.37 
2.26 
2.14 
3.61 

.45 
1.23 

.18 
2.06 

.23 
1.97 
1.37 

.34 





.60 



.42 

.17 

.47 


0.50 





.75 

.25 

.25 





.06 
2.41 

..13 



.09 

.11 



.65 



.16 



.40 

.50 

.86 



















0.02 
1.70 





















.07 
































'^ 









0.03 







15.00 
15.24 
2L00 
11.62 
20.23 
12.79 
22.06 
13.91 
1L98 
11.51 
36.13 

9.46 
20.22 
14.75 
20.31 
16.85 
25.68 
15.36 

8.61 
23.54 

5.39 
15.00 


22-year mean 


























16.85 































Record of precipitation at Rumsey, Yolo County. 
[Latitude, 38° 51'; longitude, 122° 14'; elevation, — feet. Authority, Pacific Railway System.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1888-89 

1889-90-. 

1890-91 . 

1891-92 

189^93 


0.80 

.35 

.85 




7.90 




1.03 


6.55 
4.13 



.35 
10.57 


5.15 
12.07 
3.91 
4.98 
11.37 


0.95 
12.01 

.87 
3.49 
4.80 


L35 
4.52 
13.60 

2.84 
5.42 


8.20 
5.32 
1.16 
3.02 

5.77 


L40 
L17 

1.92 
L21 
1.76 


2.45 
1.29 

L28 

2.78 
.77 


0.15 





















27.00 
48.41 
23.09 
19.52 
41.49 


5-year mean. 


























31.90 































Record of precipitation at Colgate, Yuba County. 

[Latitude, 39° 22'; longitude, 121° 10'; elevation, 650 feet.a Authority, Bay Counties Power 
Company.] 



Year. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May. 


June. 


July. 


Aug. 


Total. 


1900-1901 

1901-2 




1.48 


6.79 
3.61 


7.45 
4.39 



5.31 


6.98 
1.44 


5.07 
18.22 


2.11 
4.23 



4.10 


0.08 
.80 














28.48 
43.58 


2-year mean. 
























36.03 



























"Gage at bottom of canyon 1,000 feet deep. 



INDEX. 



Abbotts Ferry, stream measurements at 339 

Agricultural ditch, measurements of 244 

Aguilar Creek, measurements of 32, 321 

Alameda Creek, measurements of 32-39 

Alder Creek, measurements of 281, 364 

Alhambra "Water Company, stream meas- 
urements at weirs of 245 

Aliso Creek, measurements of 40 

Alsetrez ditch, measurements of 221, 299, 320 

Alta, rainfall at 448 

Alturas, rainfall at 440 

Amador ditch, measurements of 168-169 

American River, measurements of 40-42 

American Valley, stream measurements at. 86 

Anaheim, stream measurements at 320 

Anaheim canal, measurements of 310 

Anaheim Union canal, measurements of. . . 309 

Angel's ditch, measurements of 339 

Ant Creek, measurements of 100 

Antelope Valley, stream measurements in. 402 

Armas Creek, measurements of 42, 321 

Armitas Creek, measurements of 42 

Arroyo Burro, measurements of 43, 321 

Arroyo Carnero, measurements of 43, 321 

Arroyo ditch, measurements of 244 

Arroyo Grande, measurements at and 

near 43, 123 

measurements of 43 

Arroyo Leon, measurements of ... ? 43 

Arroyo Seco, measurements of 44-46, 202-204 

Arroyo Seco (Salinas River), flood measure- 
ments of 411 

Artesian Belt Company, wells of, measure- 
ments of 246 

Auburn, rainfall at 355, 449 

stream measurements near 42, 46 

Auburndale, stream measurements at and 

near 309, 311, 320 

Azusa, flood measurements at 411 

rainfall at 434 

stream measurements at and near 226- 

230, 231, 248-258 

Azusa canal, measurements of 228 

Azusa city well, measurements of 246 

Baby Ruth weir, stream measurements at . 212 

Bakersfield, flood measurements near 411 

Bald Mountain, stream measurements 

south of 100 

Balls Ferry, stream measurements at 199 

Banning, rainfall at 456 

Banta ditch, measurements of 244 

Bards station, stream measurements at 199 

Barstow, rainfall at 459 

Bartlett Springs, rainfall at 432 



Page. 

Basin Creek, measurements of 100 

Battle Creek, measurements of 199 

Bay Counties Electric Company's flume, 

measurements of 409 

Beams ditch, measurements of 215, 319 

Bear Creek, measurements of 110,242,283-284 

Bear River, measurements of 46, 49 

Bear Valley dam, rainfall at 459 

Bear Valley ditch, measurements of 406 

Bear Valley headworks, measurements of 

Palm Spring and 407 

rainfall at 355, 428 

Bear Valley trail, stream measurements at 

foot of 406 

Beardsley Water Company, stream measure- 
ments at station of 245 

Bearskin Meadow, stream measurements 

near 110 

Beaumont, rainfall at 457 

Bellota, stream measurements at 54-56 

Benton Mills, stream measurements at 154 

Bicknel, stream measurements at 322 

Bicknell station, stream measurements at. . 319 

Bidwell Bar bridge, stream measurements at 81 

Big Bend Tunnel, stream measurements at. 86 

Big Canyon Creek, measurements of 41 

Big Creek, measurements of 261 

Big Meadows, stream measurements at 86 

Big Rock Creek, measurements of 50 

Big Spring Branch, measurements of 86 

Big Tree Creek, measurements below mouth 

of 339 

Big Walker River, measurements of 402 

Bijou, Nev., measurements of ten small 

streams between Glen Brook 

and 368 

Bishop Creek, rainfall at 426 

Bishop road, stream measurements near. . . 173 
Black, Mrs., weir of, stream m.easurements 

at 246 

Blackburns Junction, stream measurements 

at 402 

Blackwood Creek, measurements of 367 

Blaney Meadows, stream measurements at. 261 

Bloody Canyon, stream measurements at . . 173 

Bloomington flume, measurements of 215, 319 

Blue Canyon Creek, measurements of 160 

Boca, measurements at 366 

rainfall at 443 

Boulder Creek, measurements of 110 

Bowman dam, flood measurements of Yuba 

River at 410 

rainfall at 444 

Bradbury ranch, stream measurements at. . 244 

479 



480 



Brannan Slough, measurements of 187 

Bridal Veil Creek, measurements of 154 

Bridgeport, stream measurements at and 

near 401, 409 

Bridgeport Valley, stream m easurements in . 401 

Briscoe Creek, measurements of 341 

Brown ditch, measurements of 341 

Brundege place, stream measurements at. . 317 

Bruns Creek, measurements of 64 

Brush Creek, measurements of 101 

Bryson, stream measurements at and near. 205 

Bubbs Creek, measurements of 110 

Buckeye Creek, measurements of 401 

Buckeye Springs, stream measurements at. 401 

Bull Run Creek, measurements of 100 

Bulls Head Canyon, measurements at 71 

Burnett Creek, measurements of 206 

Burney Creek, measurements of 182 

Burney Falls, stream measurements below. 182 

Burts Ferry, stream measurements at 85 

Butano Creek, measurements of 50 

Butte ditch, measurements of 168 

Butte Valley, stream measurements at 86 

Butte Valley Creek, measurements of 86 

Cache Creek, measurements of 51-53 

Cajon Creek, measurements of 53 

Cajon Creek Canyon, stream measurements 

in 318 

Calabasas, rainfall at 434 

Calaveras River, measurements of 53-56 

Caliente, rainfall at 428 

Caliente Creek, measurements of 56-59 

California State engineering department, 

acknowledgments to 12 

Calloway canal, measurements of 99-100 

Cameron or Sheep Creek ditch, measure- 
ments of 244 

Camp Carlton ditch, measurements of . . . 215, 319 

Cainp Independence, rainfall at 427 

Camp Mohave, stream measurements at. . . 69 
Camp Tabeand, stream measurements at . . 168 

Camp Wright, rainfall at 439 

Campers station, stream measurements at. . 243 

Campo, rainfall at \ 463 

Camulos, stream measurements 2 miles 

east of 323 

Camulos ditch, measurements of 323 

Canyada del Corral Creek, measurements 

of 60,321 

Canyada Lares Creek, measurements of . . . 60 
Canyada Llaces Creek, measurements of. . . 321 
Canyada Refugio Creek, measurements of . 60, 321 
Canyada Verde Creek, measurements of. . 60, 321 

Capitan (El) Creek, measurements of 60 

Carbon Bridge, stream measurements at . . . 182 

Carpenteria Creek, measurements of 61, 321 

Carson River, measurements of . . .' 61-64 

Carson River Basin, measurements in 64 

Cascade Creek, measurements of 336, 368 

Castillo ditch, measurements of 309 

Castle Crags, stream measurements at 199 

Cate ditch, measurements of 244 

Cattle Canyon, measurements of 243 

Chapman ranch, stream measurements at . 244 
Chapman well, stream measurements of . . . 246 
Chatsworth, stream measurements at 40 



Page. 

Cherokee, rainfall at 421 

Cherokee Pipe crossing, stream measure- 
ments at 85 

Cherokee reservoir, rainfall at 421 

Cherry Creek, Colo., flood measurements 

of 410 

Cherry River, measurements of 382-383 

Chillie Bar, stream measurements at 41 

Chino Creek, measurements of 309-310, 320 

Chiquita San Joaquin River, measurements 

of 268 

Chowchilla Creek, measurements of 65-67 

Christmas Prairie, rainfall at 426 

Church ditch (Fresno Canal), measure- 
ments of 110 

Cisco, rainfall at 355, 450 

Citizens' Water Company's well, Covina, 

measurements of 246 

City Creek, measurements of 68, 318 

Claremont, stream measurements in 317 

Clark Creek, measurements of 100 

Clarks Fork, measurements of 339 

Clear Creek, measurements of 101 

Clear Lake, evaporation at 31-32 

Clements, stream measurements at 169 

Clinton, stream measurements at 364 

Colby's camp, rainfall at 434 

Cold Creek, measurements of 363, 366 

Cold Spring Canyon, measurements of 68 

Cold Stream Creek, measurements of 321 

Coldwater Creek, measurements of . . . 69, 236-241 

Coles, rainfall at 469 

Colfax, rainfall at 355, 451 

stream measurements near 42 

Colgate, rainfall at 478 

Colliers, stream measurements near 339 

Collinsville, stream measurements at 188-190 

Colony dam, stream measurements near. . . 348 

Colorado River, measurements of 69-71 

Col ton, measurements in canals above. . . 221-225 

stream measurements in vicinity of 220, 

299, 307-308, 319 

Colton ditch, measurements of 215 

Colton Terrace Water Company, stream 

measurements at station of 215- 

216,319 
Consolidated Water Company's Pomona 
plant, weir of, measurements 

at 317 

Convict Creek, measurements of 173 

Copper City, stream measurements near . . . 182 

Copper Creek, measurements of 110 

Corral Creek, measurements of 100 

Cosumnes River, measurements of 72-75 

Coulterville, rainfall at 439 

Covina Irrigation Company, pumping plant 

of, stream measurements at 317 

Covina, well at, measurements of 246 

Cow Creek, Tuolumne County, measure- 
ments of 336 

Crafton canal, measurements at head works 

of 159,162,163 

Crafton ditch, San Bernardino County, 

measurements at head of 286 

Crafton Water Company's pumping plant, 

stream measurements at 319 



INDEX. 



481 



Page. 
Crocker - Hoffman canal, measurements 

near 153 

Crockers (Sequoia post-office), rainfall at.. 474 

Crown Creek, measurements of 110 

Crown Jleadow, stream measurements 

near 110 

Cucamonga Creek, measurements of 75, 317 

Cueamonga Land and Water Company, weir 

of, stream measurements of 317 

Currier's dam site, stream measurements 

above 203 

Cuyamaca, rainfall at 355 

Cuyamaca reservoir, rainfall at 463 

run-off in watershed of 20 

Daley ditch, measurements of 216, 319 

See also Meeks & Daley ditch. 
Daniels & Overholtzer well, measurements 

of... 247 

Daty & Sons, well of, measurements of 216 

Davis ranch, stream measurements at 95 

Deacon well, measurements of 246 

Deep Creek, rainfall at 459 

Deer Creek, measurements of 78-81, 110. 363 

Del Monte Water Company, weir of, stream 

measurements at 317 

Del Rosa canal, measurements of 318 

Delihi mine, stream measurements near... 409 

Delta, rainfall at 467 

Democrat Springs, measurements of 101 

Dering Creek, rainfall at 474 

Descanso, rainfall at 355, 463 

Devils Gate, stream measurements at and 

near 45, 186 

Dinkey Creek, measurements of 110 

Dinsmore Creek, measurement of 81, 321 

Discharge tables, list of 32-409 

Dobbins Creek, measurement of 81 

Dog Valley Creek, measurements of 365 

Donner Creek, measurements of 363, 365 

Donner Lake, measurements near 363 

Dos Pueblos Creek, measurements of 81, 321 

Dotta, or Lower Big Spring Branch, meas- 
urements of 86 

Douglas and McQuilly well, measurements 

of : 247 

Doyles ditch, measurements near 374 

Dry or Jackson Creek, measurements of . . . 82-84 

Dry Meadows, stream measurements at 100 

Duarte canal, measurements of 228 

Duarte Mutual Improvement and Canal 
Company, stream measure- 
ments at station of 245 

Dunsmuir, rainfall at 469 , 

Durkee ditch, measurements of 300, 320 

Dusy Meadows, stream measurements at. . . Ill 

Dutton's, stream measurements near 181 

Eaton Canyon, stream measurements in . . . 85 
East Riverside district, stream measure- 
ments in 216 

East Riverside ditch, measurements of 319 

East Twin Creek, measurements of 318 

East Whittier ditch, measurements of 244 

Eastwood, J. S., dam site of, stream meas- 
urements at 261 

Eaton Wash, measurements of wells in 85 

Edgewood, rainfall at 469 

IRR 81—03 31 



Edwards bridge, stream measurements 

near 409 

El Capitan Creek, measurements of 321 

El Monte Narrows, stream measurements 

near 243 

El Monte road crossing, stream measure- 
ments at 243 

Eldorado, rainfall at 422 

Eldorado bridge, stream measurements at. . 409 

Eldorado ditch, measurements of 41 

Eldorado flume, measurements of 40 

Eleanor Creek, measurements of 383-385 

Eleanor Lake, measurements at 385 

Eleanor trail crossing, measurements at. . 382-383 

Electra, flood measurements at 411 

stream measurements at 168, 173 

Elevation, increased rainfall Avith, diagram 

showing 16 

relation of rainfall to 35-5-357 

Elk Creek, measurements below 341 

Emerald Bay, measurements of streams be- 
tween Meeks Creek and 367 

Emerald Bay Creek, measurements of 367 

Emigrant Gap, rainfall at" 452 

Enterprise, s.tream measurements at 86 

Enterprise canal, measurements of Ill 

Escondido Irrigation District canal, stream 

measurements at head works of. 274 

Esperanza station, measurements opposite. 310 

Essex, Nev., stream measurements at 365 

Eureka Lake Company's canal, measure- 
ments at 409 

Eureka Valley, measurements in 337 

Evans ditch, measurements of 221, 359 

Evans Island ditch, measurements of 221 

Evans lower ditch. Riverside County, meas- 
urements of 299 

Evans upper ditch, measurements of 300, 320 

Evaporation at Sweetwater reservoir 348 

measurement of 20-32 

methods of 23 

Excelsior Mining and Irrigation canal, meas- 
urements of 409 

Fall River, measurements of 182 

Falls Creek, measurements of 386 

Farmers ditch, measurements of 323 

Farrell ditch. See Logsdon <k; Farrell 

ditch 217 

Ficay Creek, measurements of 87 

Fillmore, measurements 1 mile east of 323 

Fish Fork, stream measurements near 237 

Floods, measurements of 410-411 

Florence, Ariz., flood measurements of Gila 

River at 410 

Floriston, stream measurements at 364 

Feather River, measurements of 85-87 

Follows Camp ( Azusa ) , rainfall at 434 

Folsom, stream measurements at and near. 40,41 

Fort Bidwell, rainfall at 440 

Fort Crook, rainfall at 468 

Fort Jones, rainfall at 470 

Fort Mountain, stream measurements east 

of 169 

Fort Tejon, rainfall at 429 

Fort Tejon Creek, measurements of 87 

Fosters, stream measurements near 203 



482 



INDEX. 



rage. 
Fountain of Life Spring, stream measure- 
ment at 213, 214 

Fouts Springs, rainfall at 421 

Fowler Switch canal, measiirements of 110 

Frazier mine, rainfall at 476 

Freemans Bridge, Yuba River, measure- 
ments at 409 

Freeport, stream measurements at 187 

French House, stream measurements at 181 

Fresno Creek, measurements of 88-90 

Frey's ranch, stream measurements at 317 

Frog Creek, measurements of 385 

Fuller ditch, measurements of 311, 320 

measurements above 311 

Fulton, D., well of, measurements of 247 

Gage canal (Santa Ana River), measure- 
ments of 216, 319 

Galligers Ford, stream measurements at . . . 308 
Gardnerville, Nev., stream measurements 

at and near 62 

Gato Creek, measurements of 91-93 

Gazoo Creek, measurements of 94 

General Creek, measurements of 367 

Georgetown, rainfall at , 423 

Gila Bend, flood measurements of Gila 

River at 410 

Gila River, Ariz., flood measurements of... 410 

Gilliland's ditch, measurements of 311, 320 

Glassell tributary, measurements of 133 

Glen Brook, Nev., measurements of ten 
small streams between Bijou 

and 368 

Glen ranch, rainfall at 460 

Glendora, stream measurements at 246 

Goodwin Mining Company's canal, meas- 
urements at 385 

Gorman Creek, measurements of 181 

Gorman station, stream measurements near. 181 

Gould canal, measurements of 110 

Granite Creek, measurements of 110, 261 

Grass Valley, rainfall at 445 

Graves and Bean tunnel, stream measure- 
ments at 245 

Gray and Shaws, stream measurements at. 187 
Grease (Santa Clara) ditch, measurements 

of 323 

Green. Creek, measurements of 401 

Green Spot pipe line (Santa Ana River), 

measurements of 284-286, 318 

Grindstone Creek, measurements of 341 

Gubernador Creek, measurements of . . 94, 321 

Hackett Meadows, stream measurements at . 96 

Half Moon Bar, measurements near 43 

Half Moon Bay, stream measurements 

above 181 

Hall ditch, measurements of 341 

Hamptonville, stream measurements at. . 262-264 

Harris Creek, measurements of 100 

Harvey's ditch, measurements of 64 

Haskell well, measurements of 317 

Hat Creek, measurements of 182 

Hauser Brothers well, measurements of . . . 247 

Hawkins Creek, measurements of 64 

Haws & Talmage ditch, measurements of. 217, 319 

Hays & Stratton well, measurements of 247 

Hennesseys, stream measurements at 85 



Page. 
Herndon, flood measurements at 4ii 

stream measurements at 259-260, 355-268 

Hetch Hetchy dam site, measurements 

at 381, 382 

Hetch Hetchy Valley, stream measurements 

in 381,385 

Highland, W. A., stream measurements at. 244 

Highlands canal, measurements of 287, 318 

Hirze Mountain, stream measurements at. . l.=2 

Holcomb Creek, rainfall at 460 

Hollenbeck ranch, stream measurements 

near 207 

Honey Lake, measurements of 94 

Honey Lake Basin, measurements at 343, 344 

Hood, William, reference to 14 

Hooper ditch, measurements of 101 

Hornbrook, rainfall at 470 

Horse Creek, measurements of 96 

Horse Meadows, stream measurements at. . 101 
Horseshoe Bend, stream measurements at . 154 

Hot Springs, stream measurements at 101 

House Creek. See Tejon House Creek. 

Huffs Bar, stream measurements at 86 

Hunter Creek, measurements of 3f 6 

Huntoon ranch, stream measurements at . . 401 
Hydraulic Mining Company's canal, meas- 

- urements of '. 393 

Iceland, stream measurements at 364 

Idlewild, measurements of streams between 

McKinney's and 367 

Illilonette River, measurements of 154 

Independence Creek, measurements of 366 

Independence Lake, m easurements at 366 

Indian Creek, measurements of 64, 86 

Indian Hill, stream measurements at 317 

Indian Valley, stream measurements at . . . 86 
Iowa Hill (Strawberry Flat), rainfall at . . . 453 
Iron Canyon, stream measurements at. . . 191-192 
Iron Fork, San Gabriel River, measure- 
ments near 239-240 

Isabella, rainfall at 429 

stream measurements at 101 

Jacinto, rainfall at 425 

Jackass Creek, measurements. of 261 

Jackson, rainfall at 420 

Jackson Creek, measurement of 82-84, 100 

Jacksonville, stream measurements at 385 

Jellys Ferry, flood measurements at 411 

stream measurements at 193-198 

J oe Gray Creek, measurements of 364 

Jolon, flood measurements near 411 

rainfall at 441 

stream measurements at 206, 207 

Julian, rainfall at 355, 464 

Julian's ranch, flood measurements at 411 

stream measurements at 342 

rainfall at 426 

Juniper Creek, measurements of 364 

Jurupa canal, measurements of 306 

See also North Riverside and Jurupa canal. 
Kansas City Syndicate, development of, 

stream measurements along 318 

Kaweah ditch, measurements of 95 

Kaweah River, measurements of 95-99 

Keeler, rainfall at 427 

Keene, rainfall at 430 



INDEX. 



483 



Page. 
Keenebrook station, stream measurements 

at 53 

Keller Creek, measurements of 289 

Kern County, evaporation in Tulare County 

and 22-31 

Kern Lake, evaporation at 25 

stream measurements below 100 

Kern River, evaporation at 26 

flood measurements of 411 

measurements of 99-109 

Kern River Power Company, stream meas- 
urements above station of 101 

Kernville, rainfall at 430 

stream measurements near 101 

Kewen Lake, stream measurements near .. 245 
Killion's pumping plant, stream measure- 
ments at 244 

King City, rainfall near 441 

stream measurements at and near 207, 208 

King River, evaporation at 27-31 

flood measurements of 411 

measurements of 109-119 

King River Basin, rainfall in 19 

Kings River Canyon, stream measurements 

near 110 

Kingsbury; evaporation at 27-31 

stream measurements at Ill 

Kingsbury canal, measurements of 110 

Kiser well, measurements of 247 

Knights Ferry, measurements near 338-340 

Knights Landing, stream measurements at. 187 

KonoTayee, rainfall at 432 

Kulp well, measurements of 247 

La Liebre, rainfall at 435 

La Verne Land and Water Co., well of, 

measurements of 247 

Lagrange, flood measurements at 411 

stream measurements at 385, 386-392 

Lagrange dam, flood measurements of 

Tuolumne River at 410 

Lagrange ditch, measurements of 393 

Laguna, rainfall at 464 

Lake Eleanor, stream measurements at.. 384-385 
Lake Tahoe, evaporation at 20-21 

measurements at outlet of 361 

of streams flowing into 367-369 

Lake A'^ernon, stream measurements at 386 

Lakeport, evaporation at 31-32 

rainfall at 433 

Lamanda Park, stream measurements at . . 244 
Lancaster, C. L., weir of, stream measure- 
ments at 317 

Lancha Plana dam, measurements at 169 

Laporte, rainfall at 455 

Larsens, stream measurements above 402 

Lathrop, stream measurements near 261 

Latrobe, stream measurements at 72 

Laux ditch , measurements of 341 

Leavitt, stream measurements at 402 

Leevining, stream measurements at 173 

Liddel, Robert, weir of, stream measure- 
ments of 246 

Little Bear Valley, rainfall at 460 

Little Grass Valley, stream measurements 

at 86 

Little John canal, measurements of 338 



Page. 

Little Kern River, measurements of 100 

Little Lake, measurements at 244 

Little Rock Creek, measurements of 119 

Little Rock irrigation district, stream meas- 
urements in 119 

Little Silver Creek, measurements of 40 

Little Stony, rainfall at 422 

Little Truckee River, measurements of 366 

Little Walker River, measurements of 402 

Live Oak Suspension Bridge, Sacramento 
County, stream measurements 

at 72-75 

Lobetus Creek, measurements of 119 

Lodi, stream measurements at 168 

Logsdon & Farrell ditch, measurements 

of 217,319 

Loma Abajo, measurements of 120-123 

Lone Star Mills, stream measurements at. 170-172 
Lone Star Spring pumping plant, measure- 
ments at 318 

Long Valley, stream measurements at Ill 

Lopez Creek, measurements of 123 

Lordsburg, stream measurements at 317 

Lordsburg Mepa, stream measurements on. 247 

Los Angeles, rainfall at 355, 435 

Los Angeles River, measurements of 123-137 

Los Flores Canyon, stream measurements 

in 137-138 

Los Ojitos dam site, stream measurements 

. at 206 

Los Robles Water Companj-'s reservoir, 

measurements in 245 

Lougherydam site, stream measurements at. 46 

Lower Lake, stream measurements at 52-53 

Lower Murphy ditch, measurements of 101 

Lower Piru Creek, measurements of 181 

Lower Stafford ditch, measurements of 101 

Lower Tule canal, measurements of 376 

Lundy Lake, stream measurements near. . . 173 

Lytle Creek, measurements of 139, 148, 318 

Lytle Creek canal, measurements of 141-146 

McCloud River, measurements of 152 

McFarlands Bridge, measurements at 375,380 

Mclntyre ditch, measurements of 217,319 

McKenzie ditch, measurements of 217, 319 

McKinney Creek, measurements of 367 

McKinneys, measurement of streams be- 
tween Idlewild and 367 

Magic Hill, No. 1, rainfall at 436 

Main River, measurements of 41 

Main Silver Creek, measurements of 41 

Malakoff mine, rainfall at 445 

Mammoth Creek, measurements of 173 

Manache Meadows, stream measurements 

at 99,100 

Manzana, rainfall at 436 

Maria Ignacia Creek, measurements of. . . 148, 321 

Mariposa Creek, measurements of 149-151 

Martis Creek, measurements of 364 

Marysville, stream measurements at 85, 407 

stream measurements between Smarts- 

ville and 407 

Mas. C. and M. Company's dam, measure- 
ments at 154 

Massey wells, stream measurements of. . . 246-247 
Matthews ranch, rainfall at 441 



484 



Matthews ranch, stream measurements 

near 207 

Mayberry Canyon, measurements in 152 

Meets & Daley ditch, measurements of 319 

Meets Creek, measiirements of streams be- 
tween Emerald Bay and 367 

Meiggs Creek, measurements of 367 

Mendota, stream measurements at 261 

Merced Falls, stream measurements at and 

near 153,155-157,158 

Merced River, measurements of 152-158 

Merced River Mills canal, measurements of. 153 

Middletown, rainfall at 433 

Mill Creek "A," rainfall at 460 

Mill Creek "B," rainfall at 461 

Mill Creek, measurements of Ill, 173, 318, 337 

Mill Creek (Santa Ana River), measure- 
ments of 158-163 

Mill Creek, measurements of, at junction 

Love and Morgan creeks 339 

Miller & Lux canal, measurements of 261 

Miller Bridge, stream measurements near . 261 
Millers Narrows, stream measurements at. 147-148 

Milo, rainfall at 473 

Milton, measurements near 208 

Mission ditch, measurements of 246 

Mission Creek, measurements of 163, 321 

Modesto, stream measurements at 396-399 

Mohave River, measurements of 164-167 

meteorologicand hydrographicworkat. 20 

Mokelumne ditch, measurements of 169 

Mokelumne Hill, stream measurements 

at 168-169 

Mokelumne River, flood measurements of . 411 

measurements of 168-173 

Mono Creek, measurements of 261, 326-327 

Mono Lake drainage basin, measurements 

in 173 

Mono tributary, measurements of Santa 
Ynez River above junction 

with 325-326 

Monrovia Canyon, stream measurements at 245 
Monrovia Water Company, stream measure- 
ments at weir of 245 

Montague, rainfall at 470 

stream measurements south of 328 

Monte Vista canal, measurements at head- 
works of 137 

Moorwaw & Son, well of, measurements of. 247 
Morengo Canyon, stream measurements at, 

weir in 245 

Morengo Water Company, stream measure- 
ments at weir of 245 

Mormon Canyon, flood measurements of . . 410 
Morningside ranch, weir of, stream meas- 
urements at 246 

Morton Canyon, stream measurements at.. 318 
Morton Canyon Water, measurements of . . . 290 

Mount Breckenridge, rainfall at 431 

Mount Diablo, rainfall at 422 

Mount Diablo meridian, stream measure- 
ments at , . 101 

Mount Hamilton (Lick Observatory), rain- 
fall at 467 

Mount Lowe (Echo Mountain post-office), 

rainfall at 436 



Page. 

Mount Sister Elsie, rainfall at 436 

Mount Whitney Power Company flume, 

measurements at % 

Mount Whitney power plant, stream meas- 
urements near 95 

Mountain districts, gages used 14 

Mountain Home, rainfall at 473 

stream measurements at 160-161 

Mullard well, stream measurements of 247 

Mumford Hill, rainfall at 456 

Mutah Flat, rainfall at 476 

Myers ditch, measurements of 95 

Nacimiento Creek, measurements of 205 

Nameless Mining Company's dam, measure- 
ments of 154 

Narrows flume, stream measurements at. . . 243 

Natoma ditch, measurements of 40 

Needles Peak, stream measurements at 100 

Neil's ditch, measurements of 101 

Nellie, rainfall at 464 

Nelson Creek, measurements of 86 

Nelson's, stream measurements between 

Indian reservation and 375 

Neuruff, stream measurements at 317 

Nevada City, rainfall at 446 

New Deal Water Company, well of, meas- 
urements of 247 

Newberry ditch, measurements of 311, 320 

Newberry's east line (Santa Ana River), 

measurements of 311 

Newell, F. H., letter of transmittal by 9 

Newhall, rainfall at 437 

Newhall ditch, measurements of 322 

Newhall ranch, measurements on 322 

Newton ditch, measurements of 311 

Niagara Cree k , measurements of 337 

measurements near mouth of 337 

Nigger Hill ditch, measurements of 41 

Niles dam, measurements at 34-39 

Nordhoff, rainfall at 476 

Norris well, stream measurements of 247 

North Bloomfield, rainfall at. . . .' 447 

North Bloomfield ditch, measurements of . 409 

North Columbia, stream measurements at . 409 

North Fork canal, measurements of 42 

North Needles Creek, measurements of 100 

North Riverside and Jurupa canal, meas- 
urements of 319, 320 

Oak Knoll Park, stream measurements at. . 245 

Oakdale, flood measurements at 411 

stream measurements at 329-330, 331-336 

Oakdale canal, measurements at flume near 338 
Oakdale Ditch Company's flume, measure- 

urements at 338 

Old Mill Valley ditch, measurements of . . . 153 

Old Mission, stream measurements near . . . 244 

Old Temple ditch , measurements of 244 

One-mile Creek, measurements of 100 

Ontario, stream measurements at 78 

Orland ditch, measurements of 341 

Oroyille, stream measurements at 85-87 

Owens River, measurements of 173 

Pacific Improvement Company's tunnel, 

stream measurements at 43 

Pacoima, stream measurements at 137 

Padaro Creek, measurements of 174,321 



INDEX. 



485 



Page. 

Paine well, measurements of 246 

Pala, stream measurements east of 274 

Palermo canal, south fork, measurements 

of 86 

Pallett tributary, measurements on 50 

Palm avenue weir, stream measurements 

of 216-217 

Palm Spring, measurements of Bear Valley 

and 407 

Palm Valley, measurements in 328 

Palmdale (head works) , rainfall at 437 

Panama Slough, evaporation at 25 

Parker Creek, measurements of 173 

Parks Bar bridge, Smartsville, measure- 
ments below 408 

Parrots Ferry, measurements at 330, 339 

Pasadena, stream measurements at 245 

well near, location of 175 

Pasadena Mesa, underground water ob- 
tained from 174-180 

Pasadena weir, measurements of 215 

Pastoria Creek, measurements of 180 

Patton tunnel, stream measurements at . . . 245 
Pattons East Canyon, stream measure- 
ments in 245 

Pecks bridge, stream measurements at 182 

Pescadero Creek, measurements above 50 

measurements of 181 

Pescadero, stream measurements 6 miles 

above 181 

Petersons Creek, measurements of 64 

Phillips's ranch, stream measurements at. . 317 

Pierce's camp, stream measurements at 210 

Pilarcitos Creek, measurements of 181 

Pinkerton dam site, stream measurements 

at 206 

Pioneer canal, measurements of 374r-376 

Piru City, stream measurements at 181 

Piru Creek, measurements of 181 

Piru pipe line, stream measurements at 

head of 181 

Pit River, measurements of 182 

measurements of tributary of 182 

Placerville, rainfall at 424 

stream measurements 3 miles from 41 

Placitas road, stream measurements above. . 61 

Pleasant Valley, stream measurements at. . 409 

Plunge Creek, measurements of 182, 318 

Pogues upper ditch, measurements of 95 

Pollasky, stream measurements at 261 

Pollasky Bridge, stream measurements near 261 

Pollasky Ford, stream measurements at . . . 261 

Pomona, stream measurements at 317 

Pomona College, stream measurements near 317 
Pomona Land and Water Companj% weir 

of, measurements of 377 

Pomponio Creek, measurements of 182 

Portal, stream measurements at 68 

Porterville, rainfall at 474 

stream measurements at and near 374, 

375, 376, 377-379 

Poso Creek, measurements of 183-185 

Poway, rainfall at 355 

Powers ditch, measurements of 101 

Prattville, stream measurements near 86 

Precipitation, increase of with altitude .. 353-355 



Page. 

Priests Valley, rainfall at 441 

Prosser Creek, measurements of 366 

Puente ditch, measurements of 243 

Purissima, stream measurements above 185 

Purissima Creek, measurements of 185 

Putah Creek, measurements of 186 

Quintbn Creek, measurements of 402 

Rabel ditch, measurements of 319 

Rabel dam ditch, measurements of 218 

Rainfall at Sweetwater reservoir 348 

diagrams and tables showing 14-17 

records of 13 

relation of elevation to 352-357 

relation of run-off to 14-20 

tables showing amount of 420-478 

Rancheria Creek, measurements of 382 

Ranchero ditch, measurements of 218, 319 

Rancho del Jurupa, rainfall at 461 

Ravencrofts, stream measurements near. . . 343 

Red Bluff, stream measurements at 191 

Red Hill, stream measurements at and 

near 76-78, 317 

Red Mountain, flood measurements at 411 

stream measurements at 111-112,116-119 

Redding, rainfall at 458 

Redlands, rainfall at 461 

Redlands canal, measurements of 318 

Redlands or Bolen tunnel, measurements 

of 291 

Redlands or South Fork (Santa Ana River), 

measurements of 290-291 

Redlands tunnel, stream measurements at. 318 
Redlands Power Company, stream measure- 
ments at intake of 161 

Reeder Lake, evaporation at 24 

Reedley, stream measurements north of . . . Ill 

Remamettes, stream measurements at 245 

Reno, Nev., evaporation at 21-22 

rainfall at 355 

Rhinedollar Lake, stream measurements 

near 173 

Rial to, stream measurements above 141-146 

Richards, wells of, stream measurements of . 247 

Richfield station, stream measurements at. 341 

Rincon, stream measurements at and near. 309- 

313,314,315-316,320 

Rincon Creek, measurements of 186, 321 

Rincon ditch, measurements of 244 

Rings station, rainfall at 462 

Rio Bravo ranch, evaporation at 26 

stream measurements at 102-105 

Rio Honda or Old San Gabriel, measure- 
ments of 244 

Riverside, stream measurements in vicinity 

of 215- 

220, 299, 307-308 
Riverside County line, stream measure- 
ments at 221 

Riverside Mesa, stream measurements 

above 319 

Riverside Narrows, stream measurements 

at and near 221, 

309,314-315,320 
Riverside Water Company, lower canal of, 

measurements of 307, 319, 320 

mill flume of, stream measurements at. 319 



486 



I'age, 
Riverside Water Company, mill pump of, 

measurements of 319 

station of, stream measurements at . . 218-219 
upper canal of, measurements of. 220, 307, 819 

Riverton, stream measurements at 40 

Roaring Creek, measurements of 110 

Roberts ditch, measurements of 315 

Robinson Creek, measurements of 401 

Robertson mill, stream measurements at. . . 181 
Robinsons Ferry, stream measurements at. 339 
Rockford bridge, stream measurements at. 374 

Rodgers well, measurements of 247 

Rodney Soper well, measurements of 247 

Rodriguez ditch, measurements of 244 

Rogers pumping plant, stream measure- 
ments at 221 

Roubidoux canal, measurements of 221 

Roubidoux ditch, measurements of . . 307,319-320 
measurements of Santa Ana River be- 
low 306 

Rubicon River, measurements near 42 

Ruddock well , measurements of 246 

Rumsey, rainfall at 478 

stream measurements at 52 

Run-off, relation of rainfall to 14-20 

relations of rainfall to, diagrams and 

tables showing 14-17 

table for converting depth of, in inches, 

into acre-feet per square mile . . 15 

Rush Creek, measurements of 173 

Rutherford & Co., well of, measurements 

of 247 

Sacramento, rainfall at 355, 458 

stream measurements at 41, 187, 199 

Sacramento River, flood measurements of . 411 

measurements of 186-199 

rainfall in basin of 17-18 

Sacramento Slough, measurements of 187 

Salina Valley Water Companys Arroyo Seco 
ditch No. 2, measurements be- 
low headgate of 203 

Salinas, rainfall at 442 

stream measurements near 200-201 

Salinas River, measurements of 199-208 

tributaries of, measurements of 202-208 

Salmon Creek, measurements of 100-101 

Salmon Falls, measurements near 40-41 

Salt River, Ariz., flood measurements of... 410 
Salt Springs Valley, rainfall and run-off in. 18-19 

stream measurements in 208 

San Andreas, stream measurements at 53 

San Antonio Canyon, stream measurements 

in 317 

San Antonio Creek, measurements of 206, 

209-214, 339 
San Antonio River, flood measurements of. 411 

utilization of 211-212 

San Antonio tunnel, stream measurements at 214 
San Antonio Water Company's wells, stream 

measurements at 317 

San Ardo, rainfall at 442 

San Bernardino, stream measurements 

near 215-221 

San Bernardino Valley, stream measure- 
ments in 215-225 

San Diego, rainfall at 355, 465 



Page. 
San Diemas Canj^on, well in, measurements 

of 246 

San Diemas Irrigation Company, well of, 

measurements of 246 

San Diemas Wash, wells in, measurements 

of 246 

San Fernando, rainfall at 438 

San Fernando Creek, measurements of 225 

San Fernando Valley, measurements at 40 

San Francisquito Creek, measurements of. . 225 
San Gabriel Electric Company, stream meas- 
urements at power house of 214 

San Gabriel Power Company, Los Angeles 
County, measurements at intake 

of 228, 231-233 

San Gabriel River, flood measurements of . . 411 

measurements of 225-258 

San Gabriel Sanitarium tunnel, stream 

measurements at 244 

San Gorgonio Pass, rainfall at 457 

San Gregorio Creek, measurements of 259 

San Joaquin River, flood measurements of . 411 

measurements of 259-268 

San Joaquin Electric Company, power 
house of, stream measurements 

at 261 

San Joaquin River Basin, rainfall in 19 

San Jose Creek, measurements of 268-274, 321 

San Lorenzo Creek, measurements of 207 

San Lorenzo River, flood measurements of . 411 

San Luis Rey River, measurements of 274 

San Mateo Creek, measurements of 275-276, 

rainfall and run-off in basin of 18 

San Migulito ranch, measurements at 205 

San Pedro Creek, measurements of 321-322 

San Roqui Creek, measurements of . . . 43, 276-279 
San Timoteo Canyon ditch, measurements 

of 319 

San Timoteo Creek, measurements of 322 

San Ysidro Creek, measurements of 322 

Sand Box, measurements at 290-291 

Santa Ana, stream measurements at 320 

Santa Ana canal, measurements below 318 

measurements of _. . . 292-293, 310 

Santa Ana Canyon, rainfall at 462 

Santa Ana River, flood measurements of . . . 411 

measurements in basin of 317-320 

measurements of 221, 279-320 

Santa Ana River flume, measurements at . . 221 
Santa Ana Valley Irrigation Company's ca- 
nal, measurements of 316 

Santa Anita Canyon, stream measurements 

of 245 

Santa Barbara, rainfall at 466 

stream measurements near 321 

Santa Barbara County, stream measure- 
ments in 60-61, 321-322 

Santa Clara River, measurements of 322-323 

Santa Lucia, stream measurements near . . . 203 
Santa Monica Creek, measurements of . . . 321, 323 

Santa Paula, measurements near 323-324 

Santa Paula River, measurements of 324 

Santa Ynez River, measurements of 324-327 

Sawpit Creek, measurements of 328 

Scott Valley, rainfall at .■ 471 

Scoville, R. W., weir of, measurements at. . 246 



487 



Page. 

Second Garotte, rainfall at 475 

Seecher ditch, measurements of 316 

Sequoia National Park line, stream meas- 
urements near 95-96 

Sespe Creek, measurements of 328 

Sespe Land and Water Company canal, meas- 
urements at head of 328 

'Seventy-six canal, measurements of 110 

'Seventy-six ditch, measurements of 112 

Shasta River, measurements of 328 

Shay ditch, measurements of 319 

Shay or Stout dam ditch, measurements of. 219 

Sheldon Bros, well , measurements of 247 

Shingle Springs, rainfall at . . 1 425 

. Shorbes ranch, stream measurements at . . . 246 

Shot Gun, measurements north of 337 

Sierra Madre Water Company, stream meas- 
urements at weir of 245 

Signal Service and Weather Bureau, records 

of 13 

Silver Creek, measurements of 40, 41, 402 

Silver Lake, stream measurements near ... 173 

Silverthorn Ferry, stream measurements at . 182 

Simpson Meadow, stream measurements at . 110 

, Sims, rainfall at ■ 468 

Sissons, rainfall at. 471 

Slate Point, stream measurements at 113-115 

Sleider well, stream measurements of 247 

Smartsville, stream measurements at and 

near 407,408 

Smith, F. D., well of, measurements of 246 

Smith's, stream measurements at 181 

Smith's ranch, rainfall at 477 

Snedden's ranch, rainfall at 477 

Snelling, stream measurements below 153 

Snelling ditch, measurements of 153 

Snow Creek, measurements of 328 

Soda Creek, measurements of 199 

Soldiers' Camp, stream measurements be- 
low trail from Tar Gap to 95 

Somers, stream measurements at 401 

Sonora, rainfall at 475 

South Antelope Valley Water Company, 
stream measurements at head- 
works of 119 

South Needles Creek , measurements of 100 

South Yuba Water Company, canal of, 

measurement of 42 

ditch of, measurements of 46 

Southern Pacific Railroad, records of 14 

Spadra, stream measurements near 317 

Spanish Creek, measurements of 86 

Spark's well, stream measurements of 246 

Spring Brook, stream measurements at . . 308, 320 
Spring Hill weir, stream measurements 

at 214 

Squaw Creek, measurements of 182, 363, 365 

Squirrel Inn, rainfall at 462 

Stafford and Neal ditch, measurements of . 101 

Standard dam, stream measurements near. 401 

Standard ditch, measurements of 339 

Standard Power Canal, measurements of . . 169 

Standifer ditch, measurements of 244 

Stanislaus River, flood measurements of... 411 

measurements of 329-340 

rainfall in basin of 19 



Stanislaus Water Company's Canal, meas- 
urements of 338-340 

Steves well, measurements of 247 

Stones Ferry, stream measurements at 69 

Stony Creek, flood measurements of .... 411 

measurements of 340-342 

rainfall on 426 

Stony Ford ditch, measurements of 341 

Stowell, stream measurements at 78 

Stream measurements, methods of 11 

record of 11-12 

Sugar Pine, stream measurements at 340 

Summit, rainfall at 355, 454 

Sumner well, measurements of 247 

Susan River, measurements of 343-344 

Susanville, rainfall at 433 

stream measurements near 348 

Sutter Creek, measurements of 344 

Sutter River, measurements of 344 

Swamp ditch, measurements of 219, 319 

Sweetwater, rainfall at 355 

Sweetwater Basin, evaporation in 22, 352 

rainfall in 346-347 

run-off from 347 

Sweetwater reservoir, evaporation at 22 

evaporation and run-off in basin of 20 

measurements at 348-350 

Sweetwater River, floods in 352-353, 410 

measurements of 344-357 

Sycamore Flat, stream measurements at. 233-234 
Tahoe, measurements at 360-361, 362 

evaporation at 21 

Tahoe tollgate, measurements of creek 

near 365 

Talmage ditch, measurements of Haws and . 217 

Tamarack, rainfall at 420 

Tanners slough, measurements at 344 

Taylor Creek, measurements of 368 

Tecolote Creek, measurements of 321, 357 

Tehachapai, rainfall at 431 

Tehipiti, stream measurements at Ill 

Tejon Creek. See Fort Tejon Creek. 

Tejon House Creek, measurements of 357 

Tejon ranch, rainfall at 432 

Tejon ranch house, measurements at 357 

Temescal, stream measurements at 358-359 

Temescal Creek, measurements of 358-359 

Temple ditch, measurements of .' 243 

Tenaya River, measurements of 154 

Tenmile Creek, measurements below Ill 

Thacker well, measurements of 246 

Thomas Creek, measurements of 341 

Three Rivers, stream measurements 3 

miles above 96 

Tibbetts Creek, measurements of 100 

Tiltill Creek, measurements of 385 

Timber ditch, measurements of 319 

Tobias Creek, measurements of 100 

Toro Canyon, measurements of 360 

Towles, rainfall at 455 

Townsend ditch, measurements of 316, 320 

Trabuco Creek, measurements of 360 

Trail Crossing, stream measurements at 261 

Trimmer Springs, measurements of 110-111 

Truckee, measurements below 361 

rainfall at 355, 448 



488 



INDEX. 



Page. 

Truckee River, measurements of 360-373 

tributaries of, measurements of 363-366 

True well, stream measurements of 247 

Trujillo ditch, measurements of 308, 319-320 

measurements of Santa Ana River be- 
low 306 

Tujunga, stream measurements at 137 

Tujunga Railroad, stream measurements 

along 137 

Tulare County, evaporation in Kern County 

and 22-31 

Tulare Lake, measurements at 376 

Tule River, measurements of 374-380 

Tumitus Creek, measurements of 380 

Tunis Creek, measurements of 381 

Tuolumne Meadows, stream measurements 

at 385 

Tuolumne River, flood measurements of . . . 411 

measurements of 381-399, 410 

rainfall in basin of 19 

Turlock canal, measurements of 385, 394-395 

Twin Creeks, measurements of 400-401 

Twin Lakes, stream measurements at 401 

United States fishery, stream measure- 
ments at 152 

Upper Holcomb Valley, rainfall at 462 

Upper Lake, rainfall at 477 

Upper Truckee River, measurements of 368 

Ventura, rainfall at 478 

Verdi, stream measurements at 365 

Victorville, stream measurements at 16&-167 

Victorville Narrows, stream measurements 

at 164-165 

Vineland canal, measurements of 227 

Vineland tunnel, stream measurements 

at 226,231 

Virginia Creek, measurements of 401 

Vista, Nev., measurements at 370-373 

Wachumna Hill, stream measurements at. 96-99 

Wade Creek, measurements of 100 

Wadsworth, rainfall at 355 

Walker Creek, measurements of 173 

Walker River, measurements of 401-402 

Walkers Basin, stream measurements in . . . 100 

Walkers well, stream measurements of 246 

Walla Walla Creek, rainfall at 472 

Wallace well , measurements of 247 

Ward & Warren ditch, measurements of . 219, 319 

Ward Creek, measurements of 367 

Ward's ferry, stream measurements at 385 



Page. 

Warm Spring, flood measurements at 411 

stream measurements at 293-299, 300-305 

Warners, rainfall at 466 

Watumna Canal, measurements of 95 . 

Wawona, stream measurements at 154 

Weaverville, rainfall at 473 

Weir, tables showing measurements of .. 412-419 

Weldon, rainfall at Taylor's ranch 431 

stream measurements at 101 

Welton ditch, measurements at head -gate 

of 341 

West Branch, measurements of 8t' 

West Point, stream measurements near 169 

West Riverside bridge, stream measure- 
ments near 308,320 

West Riverside pumping plant, stream 

measurements at 221 

West Twin Creek, measurements of 318 

Wheatland, stream measurements at 46 

Wheaton ranch, stream measurements near. 375 

White Creek, measurements of 403-406 

Whitewater, rainfall at 457 

Whitewater River, measurements of 406-407 

Whiting ditch, measurements of 219-220, 319 

Whitlock ditch, measurements of 220, 319 

Whitney Creek, measurements of 100 

Whittier ditch, measurements of 243 

Wilbur ditch, measurements of 316 

William well, measurements of 247 

Williams River, Arizona, measurements 

of 50 

Willow Creek, measurements of 343 

Winston ranch, stream measurements at .. 246 

Winters, stream measurements above 186 

Woodbridge, stream measurements at 169 

Woodbridge canal, measurements of 169 

Woodfords, stream measurements at and 

near 63, 64 

Yankee Hill Bridge, stream measurements 

at 86 

Yoakham's ranch, stream measurements at 246 

Yorba ditch, measurements of 316 

Yosemite, rainfall at 439 

Yosemite Valley, stream measurements 

in 153-154 

Yreka, rainfall at 472 

Yuba River, measurements of 407-409 

South Fork, flood measurements of 410 

Yuma, Ariz., stream measurements at and 

near 50, 69-71 



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. . . California hydrography, by Joseph Barlow 
Lippincott. Washington, Gov't print, off., 1903. 

488 p., 1 1. 1 pi. (map), fig. 23 J''"^. (U. S. Geological survey. 
Water-supply and irrigation paper no. 81.) 

Subject series M, General hydrographic investigations, 5. 



Lippincott, Joseph Barlow. 

. . . California hydrography, by Joseph Barlow 
Lippincott. Washington, Gov't print, off., 1903. 

488 p., 1 1. 1 pi. (map), fig. 23^<="\ (U. S. Geological survey. 
Water-supply and irrigation paper no. 81.) 

Subject series M, General hydrographic investigations, 5. 



U. S. Geological survey. 

Water supply and irrigation papers 
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1903. 



U. S. Dept. of the Interior. 
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SEP 25 190S 



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Series L— Quality of Water. 

WS 3. Sawage irrigation, by George W. Rafter. 1897. 100 pp., 4 pis. 
"WS 22. Sewage irrigation, Part II, by George W. Rafter. 1899. 100 pp., 7 pis, 
WS72. Water pollution of metropolitan areas, by M. O. Leigbton. 1902. 75 pp., 8 pis. 
WS 76. Observations on the flow of rivers in tbe vicinity of New York City, by H. A. Pressey. 

1902. 108 pp., 13 pis. 
WS 79. Normal and polluted waters in Northeastei-n United States, by M. O. Leigbton. 1903. 

103 pp., 17 pis. 

SEHIKS M— GKNEKAI, HVDIiOOUAPllIC IXVESTIOATIONS. 

[See last page of this cover.] 
Series N— Water Power. 
WS 24. Water resources of State of New York, Pt. I, by G. W. Rafter. 1899. 99 pp., 13 pis. 
WS 25. Water resources of State of New York, Pt. II, by G. W. Rafter. 189^). 100-200 pp., 12 pis. ' 
WS 44. Profiles of rivei's, by Henry Gannett. 1901. 100 pp., 11 pis. 
WS 62. Hydrography of the Southern Appalachian Mountain region, Pt. I, by H. A. Pressey. 

1902. 95 pp., 2i5 pis. 
WS 68. Hydrography of the Southern Ap])ala<:hian Mountain region, Pt. II, by H. A. Pressey. 

1902. 96-190 pp., 26-44 pis. 
WS 69. Water powers of the State of Maine, Ly H. A . Pi-. 'ss. y . VM !:.'. 124 pp., 14 pis. 

Series O— Underground Waters. 
WS 4. A reconnaissance in southeastern Washington, by Isi*ael C. Russell. 1897. 96 pp., 7 pis. 
WS 6. Underground waters of southwestern Kansas, by Erasmus Haworth. 1897. 65 pp., 

12 pis. 
WS 7. Seepage waters of northern Utah, by Samuel Fortier. 1897. 50 pp., 3 pis. 
WS 12. Underground waters of southeastern Nebraska, by N. H. Darton. 1898. 56 pp., 21 pis. 
WS 21. Wells of northern Indiana, by Frank Leverett. 1899. 82 pp., 2 pis. 
WS 26. Wells of southern Indiana (continuation of No. 21), by Frank Leverett. 1899. 64 pp. 
WS 30. Water i-esources of the lower peninsula of Michigan, by A. C. Lane. 1895). 97 pp., 7 pis. 
WS 31. Lower Michigan mineral waters, by A. C Lane. 1899. 97 pp., 4 pis. 
WS 34. Geology and water resources of a portion of southeastern South Dakota, by J. E. Todd. 

1900. 34 pp., 19 pis. 

WS 53. Geology and water resources of Nez Perces County, Idaho, Pt I, by I. C. Iftussell. 1901. 

86 pp., 10 pis. 
WS 54. Geology and water resources of Nez Perces County, Idaho. Pt. II, by I. C. Russell. 1901. 

87-141 pp. 
WS 55. Geology and water resources of a portion of Yakima County, Wash., by G. O, Smith. 

1901. 68 pp., 7 pis. 

WS 57. Preliminai-y list of deep boi'ings in United States, Pt. I, by N. H. Darton. 1902. 60 pp. 
WS 59. Development and application of water in southern California, Pt. I, by J. B. Lippincott. 

1902. 95 pp., 11 pis. 

WS 60. Development and application of water In southern California, Pt. II, by J. B. Lippin- 
cott. 96-140 pp. 
WS 61. Preliminary list of deep borings in United States, Pt. II, by N. H. Darton. 1902. 67 pp. 
WS67. The motions of underground waters, by C. S. Slichter. 1902. 106 pp., 8 pis. 
B 199. Geology and water resources of the Snake River Plains of Idaho, by I. C. Russell. 1902. 

192 pp.. 25 pis. 
WS 77. Water resources of Molokai, Hawaiian Islands, by Waldemar Lindgi-en. 1903. 62 pp., 

4 pis. 
WS 78. Preliminary report on artesian basins in southwestern Idaho and southeastern Oregon, by 
L C.Russell. 1903. 53 pp., 2 pis. 
The following papers also relate to this subject: Underground waters of Arkansas Valley in 
eastern Colorado, by G. K. Gilbert, in Seventeenth Annual, Part II; Preliminary report on arte- 
sian waters of a portion of the Dakotas, by N. H. Darton, in Seventeenth Annual, Part II; Water 
resources of Illinois, by Frank Leverett, in Seventeenth Annual, Part II; Water resources of 
Indiana and Ohio, by Fi^nk Leverett, in Eighteenth Annual, Part IV; New developments in 
well boring and irrigation in eastern South Dakota, by N. H. Darton, in Eighteenth Annual, 
Part IV; Rock waters of Ohio, by Edward Orton, in Nineteenth Annual, Pai't IV; Artesian well 
prospects in the Atlantic Coastal Plain region, by N. H. Darton, Bulletin No. 138. 

Series P— Hydrographic Progress Reports. 
Progress reports may be found in the following publications: For 1888-89, Tenth Annual, 
Part II; for 1889-90, Eleventh Annual, Part II; for 1890-91, Twelfth Annual, Part II; 1891-92, 
Thirteenth Annual, Part HI; for 1893 and 1894, Bulletin No. 131; for 1895, Bulletin No. 140; for 1896, 
Eighteenth Annual, Part IV, WS 11; for 1897, Nineteenth Annual, Part IV, WS 15, 16; for 1898, 
Twentieth Annual, Part IV, WS 27, 28; for 1899, Twenty-first Annual, Part IV, WS 35-39; for 
1900, Twenty-second Annual, Part IV, WS 47-52; for 1901, WS 65, 66, 75. 

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5 56. Methods oi streum measui'ement. 1901. r 
WS 64. Accuracy of stream mearmrements, by F 
WS 76. ObserTations on the flow of rivers in tii. 

1903. 108 pp., 13 pis. 
WS 80. The relation of rainfalj to run-off, by Ge. . 
W!S 81. California hydrography, by J. B. Lippinc 



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CorrespoTulence should be addressed to 

The Director, 

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